Microsoft KB Archive/291637

= Attachments are not compressed by Outlook 2002 =

Article ID: 291637

Article Last Modified on 3/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q291637





For a Microsoft Outlook 2000 version of this article, see 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)
http://bks.simplenet.com

Features the ability to create, view, and extract Zip files. Also offers compression levels.

MaX Compression (C2C Systems)
http://www.c2c.com/site/products/activemailtools/max/default.asp

This add-in automatically compresses and decompresses attachments in Outlook.

TurboZip (Pacific Gold Coast)
http://www.turbozip.com

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.)
http://www.winzip.com

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)
http://www.allume.com/win/zipmagic/

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.)
http://www.microeye.com/zipout

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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Keywords: kbattachments kbinfo KB291637

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