question about compress-algo option

[Toxik - Fabian Rodriguez]

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Hello,

While exchanging encrypted email with somebody using PGP 7.0.3 (win),
we had to set compress-algo 1
in the options file of GPG (currently using 1.0.7)

What is the impact / side-effects of using this option ? In a
previous message somebody mentioned it as setting zlib compression,
which was (is?) used by PGP. See:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2001-February/007714.htm=
l

Where can I get more information about this ?
Does this introduce any incompatibilities with current (and/or
future) GPG version ?

Thank you,

Fabi=E1n Rodr=EDguez - Toxik Technologies, Inc.
www.toxik.com =B7 (514) 528-6945 @221
OpenPGP: 0x5AF2A4D5

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