Subj : Re: Fmail Compression and Decompression
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sun Aug 20 2023 09:54 pm

Hi Tommi,

On 2023-08-20 22:14:28, you wrote to me:

>>   WV>> But these are the defaults from the DOS era. I currently use the
>>   WV>> infozip versions, with these command lines:
>>
>>   TK> Time to update the defaults for the next release. :)
>>
>> And maybe remove the more obscure ones (pak, zoo, arj, sqz, uc, jar).

TK> Yep. :)

>> I wonder if there ever was anyone who used any of those!? ;-)

TK> Back in the day when I had millions of points and downlinks, some liked to
TK> use rar and uc. Nowadays it should be enough to support zip. :)

I'm still using rar on two links. And outside fido rar is very much in use too.
And lha is in use in AmigaNet, because it was and still is the default archiver for the Amiga.

Bye, Wilfred.

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