Provides automatic attachment compression and so reduces network bandwidth requirements within organisations. MaX Compression Enterprise modules for Outlook Client, Outlook Web Access, Exchange server and SMTP Gateway zip and unzip email attachments invisibly and automatically, according to centrally applied rules. Automated compression and decompression provides 100% assurance of the 'zipping' function, ensuring optimal system benefits and eliminating reliance on the user and any associated loss of productivity. Invisibility to the user is enforced by seamless integration with Outlook and support of common actions such as drag & drop, forward; the native attachment icon is maintained throughout.

Many mail messages have large files attached to them. These may be documents, pictures or executable files. The solution up to now has been for the mail sender to manually use a standard compression utility (such as WinZIP) to generate a compressed version of a file and then attach it to the message. The recipient would then need to manually decompress the attached file before it can be used. C2C MaX Compression does these actions automatically for all files attached to mail messages.

When MaX Compression is in use, the file is compressed and turned into a ZIP file before being attached to the mail item.

If the recipient is running MaX Compression, they will see the file marked as (Compressed) (if the Outlook version is prior to Outlook 2003) and when they double-click on it, it will be decompressed automatically before being shown to the user. Alternatively, they can enable the option to automatically decompress received attachments - then by the time they see the attachment in the mail item, it will already have been decompressed and they will be unaware that it was ever compressed.

If the recipient is not running MaX Compression, then they will see the received file as a ZIP file (eg MYFILE.ZIP), which can be expanded by using a utility such as WinZIP.

The user (or administrator) should choose whether, by default, attachments should be compressed to a ZIP file depending on whether typical recipients are likely to have either MaX Compression or software such as WinZIP installed. The choice of whether to enable compression can be made on a file-by-file basis. Alternatively, the administrator can set up rules to specify which compression mode to use based on the recipients it is going to - for instance, do not compress attachments being sent to a FAX gateway.
An attached file will not be compressed if it has one of a configurable list of file extensions (eg ZIP) which implies that it is already compressed. The file will also not be compressed if the user opted not to compress the file when it was attached.

The software is client based so that the mail is compressed for the whole journey from the senders PC to the recipients PC.
The administrator can set up a configuration file on the Exchange server which contains the default MaX Compression settings which all mail clients should use. In the case of remote users who cant access the Exchange server, the administrator can generate a configuration file that can be mailed to them to set their defaults.

MaX Compression Features:
1. Compression - when MaX Compression processes attachments, it can compress them to a ZIP file - these are small, but the recipient needs a decompressor such as MaX Compression or WinZIP.
2. Tools/Options/MaX Compression page - this is a page of settings on the mail clients menu which allow the user to configure how MaX Compression works, such as the default compression mode (compress to ZIP or dont compress) to use for attached files, or whether to automatically decompress new mail.
3. Insert File dialog - when a user adds an attachment to a message by file browsing using the Insert File dialog, MaX Compression adds some buttons to the dialog to allow the user to specify what compression mode (compress to ZIP or dont compress) to use. If a file is attached by another method, such as dragging and dropping it onto the message, then the default compression mode is used, as set on the Tools/Options/MaX Compression page. The Insert File dialog will not gain compression buttons if Word is being used as the e-mail editor, unless Office XP is installed.
4. Configuration file - this file resides on the Exchange Server, containing the MaX Compression configuration that the administrator has decided users of that system should use. It includes configuration options such as the license key, default compression mode, and options to disable various other features. The administrator can set this up using the MaX Compression Configurer. See Chapter 6 Using MaX Compression Configurer for more details.
5. Mailable config file - this is needed if you have users who dont have a permanent connection to the Exchange Server. It is a file which can be created using the MaX Compression Configurer and contains all the same settings as the server-based configuration file, but it can be e-mailed to a user, who can then run the file to install the configuration. This means they do not need a server connection in order to be reconfigured. See Section Generating a Mailable Configuration File in Chapter 6 Using MaX Compression Configurer .
6. Smart mode - this feature allows the administrator to configure what compression mode should be used for each type of recipient. When the user sends a mail, MaX Compression decides based on the recipients which compression mode to use for attachments. For instance, specifying not to compress attachments to a FAX gateway.
7. Smart mode 2 - the previous version of Smart Mode was limited in that it could only choose different compression modes for different recipient address types, it could not distinguish between different addresses. In MaX Compression 4.2 and later, this restriction has been removed, so now an administrator can choose different compression modes based on the recipients full addresses, such as using ZIP for any users at myorg.com. See Section Using Smart Mode Options in Chapter 6 Using MaX Compression Configurer .
8. Fast install - this is a program that an administrator can send to users, which will install MaX Compression with a minimum of questions for the user - see Section Distributing MaX Compression in Chapter 4 Installation and Licensing . Alternatively, MaX Compression can be integrated with the Outlook installation process - see Appendix B Integrating the Client Installation.
9. Hiding MaX Compression - the Configurer allows various features of MaX Compression to be hidden from the user. For instance, specifying a Smart Mode configuration will remove any MaX Compression buttons from the Insert File dialog, and specifying InhibitToolsOptions=1 will remove the Tools/Options/MaX Compression page. In this way an administrator can set up the users configuration and not allow them to change it.

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