Yenc support in Thunderbird?
Vegard Krog Petersen
Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
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Chris Ilias
> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>
> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>
> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
Thunderbird will automatically decode yEnc binaries, but cannot combine
multi-part binaries, which means you can only use it on single-part
binaries.
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Ron K.
> _Vegard Krog Petersen_ spoke thusly on 18/05/2006 2:59 PM:
>> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>>
>> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
>> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>>
>> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
>
> Thunderbird will automatically decode yEnc binaries, but cannot combine
> multi-part binaries, which means you can only use it on single-part
> binaries.
Yes, and only those yenc binaries that do not have a part one of one
header entry on the second line of the header. TB treats that as a
multi-part file even though it is a single part file.
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Ron Hunter
> _Vegard Krog Petersen_ spoke thusly on 18/05/2006 2:59 PM:
>> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>>
>> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
>> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>>
>> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
>
> Thunderbird will automatically decode yEnc binaries, but cannot combine
> multi-part binaries, which means you can only use it on single-part
> binaries.
TB will decode single part binaries IF they are not posted as part of a
SERIES. It will also not decode multi-part binaries.
These exclusions render the function VERY nearly useless.
Ron Ruble
>
> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>
> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>
> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
>
> regards from
>
In addition to the responses you have received, there's a trick
you can use for those messages that don't fall into the cases
mentioned.
Check this page: "How to Combine and Decode Multi-part
Newsgroup Messages"
http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz_combine.html
You'll need a program to decode yenc-encoded files outside
thunderbird. Search Google for one you like, or you can
try the one listed in the article. There's also a link to
an extension for this, which I've never tried. I've been
using a separate program for newsgroup binaries.
Vegard Krog Petersen
Thanks all. This was not easy! :-)
Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries groups? If I
find one that works 'out of the box' I might consider using that one for
the three binary groups I want to follow,
Christopher Jahn
news:l8adnVjOSaPGNvDZ...@mozilla.org:
>
> Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries
> groups? If I find one that works 'out of the box' I might
> consider using that one for the three binary groups I want to
> follow,
Xnews is great.
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Chris Ilias
> Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries groups?
Xnews <http://xnews.newsguy.com/>
Ron Hunter
> on 19.05.2006 12:37 Ron Ruble wrote:
>> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>>>
>>> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
>>> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>>>
>>> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
>>>
>>> regards from
>>>
>>
>> In addition to the responses you have received, there's a trick
>> you can use for those messages that don't fall into the cases
>> mentioned.
>>
>> Check this page: "How to Combine and Decode Multi-part
>> Newsgroup Messages"
>>
>> http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz_combine.html
>>
>> You'll need a program to decode yenc-encoded files outside
>> thunderbird. Search Google for one you like, or you can
>> try the one listed in the article. There's also a link to
>> an extension for this, which I've never tried. I've been
>> using a separate program for newsgroup binaries.
>>
>
> Thanks all. This was not easy! :-)
>
> Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries groups? If I
> find one that works 'out of the box' I might consider using that one for
> the three binary groups I want to follow,
>
> regards from
>
Eustace
I tried it some time back. It was OK, I remember, however, that it was
not very good with downloading whole newsgroups. Because I have dial-up,
I prefer to specify binary groups for viewing offline, and have them
downloaded when I am away from the computer; then I check them out after
all the messages have been downloaded. I remember that this was not too
easy with Xnews...
Ron Ruble
> on 19.05.2006 12:37 Ron Ruble wrote:
>> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hooraayy! I've gotten access to some binaries groups again.
>>>
>>> So the natural question arises: How do I view Yenc-coded images the
>>> fastest and easiest way (without changing away from Thunderbird...) :-)
>>>
>>> Explanations in "spoon-fulls" if possible :-)
>>>
>>> regards from
>>>
>>
>> In addition to the responses you have received, there's a trick
>> you can use for those messages that don't fall into the cases
>> mentioned.
>>
>> Check this page: "How to Combine and Decode Multi-part
>> Newsgroup Messages"
>>
>> http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz_combine.html
>>
>> You'll need a program to decode yenc-encoded files outside
>> thunderbird. Search Google for one you like, or you can
>> try the one listed in the article. There's also a link to
>> an extension for this, which I've never tried. I've been
>> using a separate program for newsgroup binaries.
>>
>
> Thanks all. This was not easy! :-)
>
> Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries groups? If I
> find one that works 'out of the box' I might consider using that one for
> the three binary groups I want to follow,
>
> regards from
>
Seems like most folks like xnews. Don't go by me, I'm
using a perlscript called UBH (Universal Binary Harvester).
Great if you like the command-line control, but not an
easy tool.
Ron Hunter
a good choice.
NightStalker
vegard_kro...@hotmail.com says...
> Thanks all. This was not easy! :-)
>
> Which newsreader would you recommend I use for the binaries groups? If I
> find one that works 'out of the box' I might consider using that one for
> the three binary groups I want to follow,
>
> regards from
>
>
Gravity, with the SuperGravity program overwritten.
See:
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/
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Ron Hunter
I find that Xnews works well enough for my needs.