Tim writes: 


> 2) I did notice that the index page is about 10k larger between 1.0.3 and
> 2.1.1.  This page is not compressed so it takes noticeable time to load
> on a dial-up.  On a screen with 23 messages, netstat recorded about 46k
> with 2.1.1.  It probably would be nice if this is compressed as well.
> The folders screen is another page that would benefit a lot from
> compression.

That's an easy one. 

The tricky part is to use gzip only on those screens that need it.  
Otherwise the overhead in starting gzip is not going to be worth it. 

-- 
Sam 

diff -U3 -r1.74 sqwebmail.c
--- sqwebmail/sqwebmail.c       2001/07/15 16:50:15     1.74
+++ sqwebmail/sqwebmail.c       2001/07/17 12:00:28
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@
 
        dogzip=0;
        if (strcmp(formname, "readmsg.html") == 0 ||
+           strcmp(formname, "folder.html") == 0 ||
+           strcmp(formname, "folders.html") == 0 ||
            strcmp(formname, "gpg.html") == 0)
        {
        const char *p=getenv("HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING");

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