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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:42:06 -0700, hordeprime wrote:
> Hi. I'm a brand new user of Outlook Express.
>
> I was looking for pictures on alt.binaries.pictures.comics, and I notice
> that many of the posts just appear as gibberish.
>
> Can anyone tell me why this is?

The files are encoded. OE cannot decode yenc encoded files. You can look
at OE Help, 'Combine and decode' for help with uuencoded files but
otherwise you will need a utility. Or use a different newsreader.

http://www.yenc.org/

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