PE> 3:711/934.18 mail had been packed with zip, 3:640/305.9 had no
PE> alternative definition, so used the Fido standard, which is arc.

BG> Why not use Zip for both?  Or LHA?  They're the two I specifically use for 
BG> my own outbound mail, and they both compress much tighter than poor old 
BG> Arc...

Take it up with the Fidonet hierarchy.  I can only use an
alternative on an individual level, and thus you get your
stuff with zip.  BFN.  Paul.
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