> If one of our users is collecting a (say) 2mb email that has a compressed
> (zip or whatever) attachment, it takes a lot longer to download than the
> same sized email with an uncompressed attachment.
> 
> Has anybody else noticed this and is there any way to speed things up?
> (faint hope I know)
> 

do your users use an analogue modem (or similar) with built-in data
compression, e.g. V.42bis?
If so, the above is perfectly normal and should be expected.

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