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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:15:56 -0400, "dave" <df> wrote:
>when I open certain message the mpeg files are nothing but lines of text and
>symbols. How do I view these?
>
It could be combine, multiple or yEnc files.

Combine:
"xxx.mpg" (01/50) tells us this is part 1 of 50 parts.
Use "Combine and Decode" to join:
Highlight the files you want to combine & decode.
(Click the first, hold "Shift" or "Control"
to select the rest of the group)
From Outlook: Select "Message", "Combine & Decode"


Multiple:
For multiple files (xxx.mpg.001, xxx.mpg.002, etc):
"xxx.mpg.050" tells us this is part 50 of the file but we have
no idea how many parts are needed unless there is also a "xxx.bat"
file which is the stand-alone joiner, and lists the number of files
in the set. To join without "xxx.bat", you MUST have "xxx.mpg.001".
"xxx.mpg.001" has the checksum and number of parts needed to make a
complete file using the Splitter/Joiner program (Listed Below) to
combine all the parts.

Save all the files to a folder, then combine them with the
"xxx.bat". If "xxx.bat" is missing, then use one of the below
programs to join the files using "xxx.mpg.001" as the start file.
"MasterSplitter" http://www.tomasoft.com or
"HJ-Split" http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/ or
"Just Another Splitter" http://www.jas-etc.com


yEnc links and information:
http://www.brawnylads.com/yproxy
http://www.smr-usenet.com/software/misc.shtml Download
"The Yenc utilities". They include yencpowerpost,
yenc for Agent, ydecode, yencode and more
http://www.yenc.org
http://code.blitzaffe.com/delphi/
http://www.uwekeller.de/index.html...giganews free newsreader
http://www.co.jyu.fi/~ap/bnr.html freeware

Agent is probably the best, and well worth the money.
http://www.forteinc.com

Full/Free Agent (try/buy)
ftp://ftp.forteinc.com/pub/agent/english/a32en193.exe

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