ZipMailFrequently Asked Questions
- Is ZipMail available for other webmail platforms?
- Is ZipMail available for rich email clients like Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes?
- What about ZipMail compression ratio?
- What are the different options the recipients of my ZIP files have to decompress these files?
- What makes ZipMail for Gmail different of other ZIP utilities like WinZip and PKZip?
- When ZipMail for Gmail is installed is it still possible not to compress some attached files if needed?
Is ZipMail available for other webmail platforms?
Yes, we have:
- ZipMail of Google Gmail
- ZipMail for MSN Hotmail
- ZipMail for Yahoo! Mail
- ZipMail for Webmails
Pro
Contrary to ZipMail of Google Gmail, ZipMail for MSN Hotmail and ZipMail for Yahoo that are dedicated to a single webmail platform, ZipMail for Webmails Pro can be configured to support (if needed simultaneously) multiple webmails (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and others). - ZipMail
for Microsoft Outlook Web Access
Please see:
www.outlook-compression.com
This version of ZipMail is currently intended for corporate customers and is not sold online. Licensing Entry point is a 50 user license.
Please contact us for pricing information. - ZipMail for Lotus Domino Web Access.
Please see:
www.notes-compression.com
This version of ZipMail is intended for corporate customers and is not sold online. Licensing entry point is a 50 user license.
Please contact us for pricing information.
Is ZipMail available for rich email clients like Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes?
Yes! We have the following versions available:
- ZipMail for
Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express
This version is currently intended for corporate customers and is not sold online. Licensing Entry point is a 50 user license. Please contact us for pricing information.
www.outlook-compression.com
It will be available for download and online purchase in the coming weeks.
- ZipMail
for Lotus Notes
This version is intended for corporate customers and is not sold online. Licensing Entry point is a 50 user license. Please contact us for pricing information.
What about ZipMail compression ratios?
Compression ratios depend on the type of the files you compress. Some files types like for instance .DOC, .XLS, .TXT, .BMP are compressible some others like for instance .AVI, .MP3, .JPG, .GIF are not.
Since ZipMail compresses files using the industry-standard ZIP compression algorithm, ZipMail delivers the same compression ratio as other ZIP compression tools like WinZip, PKZip etc. ZIP files produced by ZipMail can be opened by any other ZIP utility. The transparent ZIP decompression feature of ZipMail can handle attached ZIP files produced by any other ZIP utility.
What are the different options the recipients of my ZIP files have to decompress these files?
ZipMail for Gmail (as well as all of the other versions of ZipMail) includes transparent decompression of ZIP attached files. So if your recipients have ZipMail installed they do not need anything else.
If they don't, other options are:
1)-The Windows XP built-in Zip utility shows ZIP files as folders and the files compressed into ZIP files as standard files than can be opened, copied etc. by using the standard Windows Explorer features. So all Windows XP users can access/decompress ZIP attached files by double-clicking on them.
2)-Since ZipMail compresses files using the ZIP compression algorithm ZIP compression tools like WinZip, PKZip etc. can decompress ZIP files produced by ZipMail.
3)-We also provide a free decompression utility named unZIP that can be downloaded from our web site. UnZip supports the decompression of password-protected encrypted ZIP files including ZIP files encrypted in AES format.
This is the main windows of unZIP:
