yEnc help

by **adidas** on Mon Apr 15, 2002 12:57 am

How in the hell do you decode yEnc files? I downloaded a yEnc file for the first time and I'm a little lost.

I tried a couple stand-alone decoders, and they didn't seem to do anything at all. I *thought* NewsPro had built in support, but I guess not.

I was able to open the file in WinRAR (after attempting to use the decoders,) and when I tried to extract it gave me the 'unknown method' error. Damn it.

If at all possible I'd like to stick with NewsPro as my newsreader.

by **Pdaimaoh** on Tue Apr 16, 2002 4:36 am

http://www.easynews.com/yenc/

by **Pdaimaoh** on Tue Apr 16, 2002 9:38 am

you could also try using the EXTERNAL decoders they talk about for outlook express users...

or, perhaps, they were using a newer version of yEnc such that your integrated decoder isn't advanced enough to handle them

or they were corrupted, like you suggested...

by **adidas** on Tue Apr 16, 2002 4:48 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Pdaimaoh:
you could also try using the EXTERNAL decoders they talk about for outlook express users...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by adidas:


I tried a couple stand-alone decoders...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

by **adidas** on Tue Apr 16, 2002 5:19 pm

Ahh, so NewsPro does have integrated yEnc support (there's a list on that site with the newsreaders with built-in support.) I just tried a tiny little yEncoded file and it was fine. Maybe the posts I was messing around with yesterday were just plain ol' corrupted files.

by **Pdaimaoh** on Wed Apr 17, 2002 10:14 am

like I re-read old posts in a thread!

or like I remember any major details of an old post, either

so fine

try some OTHER external decoders

by **adidas** on Thu Apr 18, 2002 5:58 pm

Ha, good point.

I am 99% sure the files I had were corrupted, because I haven't had any problems with yEnc since. NewsPro seems to handle them fine on its own. Thanks for the help though