Hi !!
>> does exim use compression on tls connections ?
>
> It does not "steer" it.
> If you build OpenSSL 0.9.8 with the "zlib"-configure option and link
> Exim with it, you have got compression.
> GnuTLS has no compile time option.
> I wrote a "patch" to enable it by configuration options as well as log
> to exim_mainlog whether compression is used or not, and I am afraid I
> once promised to contribute it.
it would be nice if you have some time to contribute it ;)
> I guess compression is *very* helpful for e.g. mobile / modem users
> (however, no popular MUA does support it - neither Opera nor Thunderbird
> or any other I looked at.)
it could be also interesting between mta's as this could save some
bandwith
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