Getting programs from ABF is a bit new to me. Neither OE or TBird seem to
support yEnc encoding. Ultimately I combined using OE, saved to text file,
decoded using UUDeview. A bit tedious to have to go through all these
steps.

What's the simplest (freeware) way to combine and decode these messages and
produce the binary on my hard drive?

spoon2001 wrote:
> Getting programs from ABF is a bit new to me. Neither OE or TBird seem to
> support yEnc encoding. Ultimately I combined using OE, saved to text file,
> decoded using UUDeview. A bit tedious to have to go through all these
> steps.
>
> What's the simplest (freeware) way to combine and decode these messages and
> produce the binary on my hard drive?
>
>
>
>

xnews i think.


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In news:(E-Mail Removed),
spoon2001 typed:
> Getting programs from ABF is a bit new to me. Neither OE or TBird
> seem to support yEnc encoding. Ultimately I combined using OE, saved
> to text file, decoded using UUDeview. A bit tedious to have to go
> through all these steps.
>
> What's the simplest (freeware) way to combine and decode these
> messages and produce the binary on my hard drive?

As a OE6 user, FidolookSL plug-in to OE, be sure to activate the yEnc option
after install.
http://www.fidolook.org/index.php?pa...Main.Downloads
I use it and like it.

DanlK, FYI Services Collectibles
www.FYIS.org

spoon2001 wrote:
> Getting programs from ABF is a bit new to me. Neither OE or TBird seem to
> support yEnc encoding. Ultimately I combined using OE, saved to text file,
> decoded using UUDeview. A bit tedious to have to go through all these
> steps.
>
> What's the simplest (freeware) way to combine and decode these messages and
> produce the binary on my hard drive?

IMO beyond the shadow of any doubt, that would be Grabit:

http://www.shemes.com/

which is Pricelessware I believe. I use it and love it.

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time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez please.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:45:01 -0700, John Corliss <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> What's the simplest (freeware) way to combine and decode these messages and
>> produce the binary on my hard drive?
>
>IMO beyond the shadow of any doubt, that would be Grabit:
>
> http://www.shemes.com/

2nd that. Excellent program.

Dud
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A closed mouth gathers no feet.

I've used GrabIt also. A really nice program. It also supports NZB file
format [newzbin.com] which is really nice.

The only problem I had with it was that at the time I tried it, afew
months ago, it appeared that downloading and decoding were two separate
steps, that it wouldn't automatically decode? As I recall, I had to
use a shell extension to then select the files to process for decoding.
Is this still true?

Thanks!

Kittie Spit wrote:
> I've used GrabIt also. A really nice program. It also supports NZB file
> format [newzbin.com] which is really nice.
>
> The only problem I had with it was that at the time I tried it, afew
> months ago, it appeared that downloading and decoding were two separate
> steps, that it wouldn't automatically decode? As I recall, I had to
> use a shell extension to then select the files to process for decoding.
> Is this still true?
>
> Thanks!

Not as far as I can tell. Granted, the resulting download *may* be an
archived (.zip, .rar, etc.) file that you have to expand, but using
Iceows or some other such program on the file isn't a big deal. In fact,
I just used Grabit to download a file that's a yEnc encoded .pdf file
and the result was that I got a .pdf file on my hard drive. At least in
this case it was automatic.

I used to use BNR2, which was a buggy, poorly written program which kept
getting worse and worse. Eventually, after reinstalling BNR2 for the
umpteenth time, I tried Grabit and it was like a bright, new day!

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I don't reply to trolls. No adware, cdware, commercial software,
crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware,
time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez please.

John Corliss <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:11ghuif52vl0ge0
@corp.supernews.com:

>
> I used to use BNR2, which was a buggy, poorly written program which kept
> getting worse and worse. Eventually, after reinstalling BNR2 for the
> umpteenth time, I tried Grabit and it was like a bright, new day!
>
I use PowerGrab. I prefer it to BNR2 or Grab-it.

>On 21 Aug 2005 22:30:17 GMT, jacaranda wrote:
>
>I use PowerGrab. I prefer it to BNR2 or Grab-it.
>
Power-Grab is a 32-bit windows application that allows you to download
files from a Usenet News server.

- Download with up to 8 server connections at once.
- Decodes UU-Encoded and yEnc encoded files.
- Auto-Resume on disconnects and server down-time.
- Modifiable Download Queue window.
- Downloads can be stopped and restarted from where it left off.
- Download speed limit can be set and changed while downloading.
- Header data files are much smaller than those found in other news
grabbers.
- Find window lets you search across ALL groups for keywords
- History window shows what you've done, when you did it, and how long
it took.
- Newsgroup list shows how many files and their total size in K, MB or
GB.
- Lots of testing has made Power-Grab stable and Resource-Friendly!
- Freeware

http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~soseo/pds/PO...2-v2_6-RC1.ZIP

lunedì 22 agosto 2005 jacaranda ha scritto:

> I use PowerGrab. I prefer it to BNR2 or Grab-it.

I prefer PowerGrab me too. I dumped Grab-it after finding that it doesn't
autoresume a download after a disconnection, I have to manually hit the
"retry" button. Therefore I can't leave a download unattended.

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