-=> Quoting Bob Lawrence to Paul Edwards <=-

Hello Bob,

 BL> THESE SMARTARSE UNIX-WANKERS GIVE ME THE SHITS!!!!!!

 BL> First, they put a #1 cunthook header their compress doesn't handle,
 BL> they have no way to tell if the file is compressed *inside* the file
 BL> (PKZIP uses "PK" as the first two characters), and then they use
 BL> nonstandard file suffixes! Does it mean that I have to try *every*
 BL> file? 

 That's the whole idea of that header.  It identifies the type of compression.
The reason that header is text-based is that unix scripts can be written very
easily to read the header.
 It's just like, and serves the same purpose as your "PK" string
id for zip,
that you claim is better.  This is the same thing.  If you have a de-compresser
that can't work with it, it was probably not designed with mail in mind.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! ... Tension breaker, had to be done.
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