OT: What is a nnnn.7z voice message?

[Stephen Partington]

My question is do you trust the sender enough to open the 7z file. but it
is a compression by 7zip (there is Linux support for 7z as well)

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Snyder, Alexander J <
alex at misteralexander.com> wrote:

> 7z is the (default?) Compression format from "7zip". At least that's where
> I see it.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if your carrier compresses the audio before
> sending.
>
> This is all just my knee jerk assumptions.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>
> On Oct 18, 2017 20:01, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
>> Recently, I've begun to receive email messages like the one
>> shown below with a "nnn.7z" attachment. Anybody have any
>> idea what these are or how to read them?
>>
>> Message from 02028877960
>> From: Voice Message Server <server at 9138317697.tlnf.com>
>> Date: Wed, October 18, 2017 at 7:30 pm
>> To: (one of my email addresses)
>>
>> 19/10/2017, 08:15:35 PM
>> 65,{rndnum(1,1)}}-second message deposited by 02028877960
>> Voice Message(02028877960.7z
>>
>>
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