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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
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Subject: Re: What use is Trailblazer compression -- Summary of replies (long)
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Date: 20 Jul 90 02:12:33 GMT
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>% Is Trailblazer compress any use with uucp for mail transfer?  Although I'm
>% pretty sure it would be counter-productive with compressed news batches, is

I've been led to believe that on-the-fly compression adds some latency to
the connection.  If you're using the uucp g spoofing, though, I imagine that
you might not notice.  For most people who get news, the volume of compressed
news batches is higher than that of mail.  If you've got a uucp that supports
grading, I imagine you might be able to make one call at mail grade, then
make another call at news grade, although I'm still not sure that it'd be worth
the hassle, since the typical mail transactions involve small files, and I
imagine that any gains would be small compared to the setup overhead from
uucico.

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