The reason I don't
need it is because I don't get all the parts, because yEnc files are
usually split into many.
Well-informed uploaders to Usenet split large files into parts so that they
can be reliably downloaded with the aid of PAR files. Similarly, they use
yEnc because this is the most efficient encoding method by between 33%-40%
(
www.yenc.org).
The point that I was making, however, was
that I can hardly be the only person who participates here who doesn't
have yEnc, and assuming otherwise can only lead to problems.
A valid point, except that all newsreaders should support yEnc. If people
are informed enough to be using alt.comp.freeware, they should be using a
good newsreader. Apart from anything else, OE pollutes usenet with top
posting, bad quoting and stray sigs.
You seem like you have a clue, forget 0E5.5 and move to a decent newsreader
like Xnews or Gravity. Alternatively, fix OE with OE-Quotefix, a yenc proxy
or a binary newsreader. It's not difficult.