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... but then my mail provider refuses to recieve an attachment with an archive within an archive.

I could be wrong, but that sounds just like the dreaded "improperly formatted binary content" error. If this is the case, try Base64 encoding the gzipped content before sending it, and ensure that you're sending the correct MIME headers, too.

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