I thought that, if some of you also wanted to try to talk your ISP into adding ZBM to its list of correct mime types, you might want to take a look at the message which did the job. Part of what sold it, I'm sure, is the fact that ZBM is smaller than JPG or GIF or PNG ... meaning faster transfer times [reduced server demand] and fewer byte eatten up storing it on server [conservation of resources]. Feel free to use the message, with your own modifications where necessary. l.d. ==== ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dan O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 3:43 PM Subject: new mime type ... > Dan, > > When you're working with software development, sometimes a screen shot > is the best message you can provide. When you're exchanging sections of > the satellite photos of Mars, being able to send a guaranteed "lossless" > image can make a big difference. When forwarding an image for someone > to do additional processing on, a bitmap [BMP] is the way to go. But > they are *HUGE* !! > > So a number of us around the world have tweaked our browsers to handle > zipped bitmaps [ZBM] like any other graphic ... process & display with > no outside need for special graphics program, or save as image file. > Besides being totally "lossless," a ZBM file is *smaller* than GIF, JPG, > or PNG... so FTP up & down is faster, and storage space taken on a > server is far less. > > But most servers don't know what a ZBM file is, so they consider it > text/plain and treat it as such. That means that ZBM files stored on > that server must be 'hand processed' when downloaded. It's not a major > problem -- just a darned nuisance. :> > > Since files I've prepared for a software development list are often > placed on my 'web site' for download by other members, and because many > times they are the aforementioned ZBM, I have a favor to ask. > > Would you please add the following line to the server's Linux file > /etc/mime.types > > image/x-zbitmap zbm > > I'd really appreciate it, and that would make GO Concepts' server the > third in the world to recognize ZBM as a correct mime type. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > I hope that the trip you "bosses" took was enjoyable, that you > accomplished what you set out to do, and that you -- as individuals and > GO Concepts as a business and a concept -- can look forward to each > month getting better and better. > > thanks for your time > > l.d. > > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
