Changing attachments2zip Options

Enable compression for all sent messages

If the check box is selected, attachments of all outgoing e-mails are compressed automatically. The Attachments2Zip toolbar with the depressed ZIP button will appear when creating a new e-mail.

If the check box is not selected, attachments of outgoing e-mails are not zipped automatically.  The Attachments2Zip toolbar with the released ZIP button will appear when creating a new e-mail.  

Enable compression for all other objects

Selecting this check box allows you to automatically compress attachments of the following Outlook objects: contacts, calendar items, tasks, journal items, meetings, distribution lists, reports, and task requests.

Select compression method

This option affects compression ratio and speed. Three methods are supported: fast, medium, and slow. The faster compression, the larger is the archive file size.

Use default password

This option allows you to set a default password for subsequent operations with your archive files. The recipient of the e-mail must know this password in order to open the file. This password is also used by plug-in when trying to open incoming encrypted archives.

If this option is not chosen, you will be prompted to enter your password if you want to send an encrypted e-mail message ().

Move all files to one archive file

Select this check box and specify a name of the archive file created for multiple attachments. If selected,  all attachments will be added into a single archive file.

Don’t compress if amount of all attachments is less than

You can specify the minimum size of the attached files to be compressed. This option is ignored when sending encrypted archives.

Exclude files with those extensions

You can specify an exclusion list to avoid compression of certain file types. File extensions are separated by semicolons.  This option is ignored when sending encrypted archive files.

Default

Clicking this button restores the default options.