Attachments are not compressed by Outlook 2002 (291637)
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195563. SUMMARY In addition to sending text messages, Microsoft Outlook
2002 can send attached files with your messages. Including an attachment in a
message increases the file size of your message, and can impact transmission
speed and create network bottlenecks.
One way to decrease this is
with file compression. However, due to e-mail standards, Microsoft Outlook does
not compress file attachments. MORE INFORMATION The following are the third-party products that perform
file compression. BKZip 98 (Bernd Kemmlers) Features the ability to create, view, and extract Zip files. Also
offers compression levels. MaX Compression (C2C Systems) This add-in automatically compresses and decompresses attachments
in Outlook. TurboZip (Pacific Gold Coast) You can work with files in archives and messages without
unzipping or decoding. Also offers built-in ActiveX control for WYSIWYG (what
you see is what you get) viewing of Microsoft Office 97 documents and
spreadsheets. WinZip (Niko Mak Computing, Inc.) WinZip features built-in support for popular Internet file
formats, including TAR, gzip, Unix compress, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ,
LZH, and ARC files are supported through external programs. ZipMagic (Aladdin Sys Corporation) Shows Zip files as folders so that you can view the contents
without extracting the files. Supports the universal ZIP format, as well as
ARJ, LHA/LZH, Z, GZIP, TAR, TAZ, TGZ, CAB, and ZOO. It opens and decode BinHex,
UUEncode, XXEncode, and MIME. ZipOut (MicroEye, Inc.) ZipOut automatically compresses attachments to Messages, Post,
Appointments, Meeting Request, Contact, Distribution List, Journal, and Task
items, as well as custom Outlook forms based on these message types. ZipOut
operates in both the Internet Only (IMO) and Corporate/Workgroup (CW) modes of
Microsoft Outlook 2000.
Microsoft
provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support.
This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not
guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by
companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty,
implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these
products.
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