They are not Yenc decoded, just normal mpeg, avi's
"Opinicus" wrote:
> "bgjon56" <bgjon56@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >I have tried everything possible to down load mpeg's from my newsgroups,
> >from
> > opening up any and all , encoding them, downloading to another place on my
> > computer, nothing seems to work. I have Windows Vista, and Windows mail,
> > nothing works. Before when I had Windows XP and used Outlook Express, I
> > didnt do anything and it downloaded with no problem
>
> Neither Outlook Express nor Windows Mail are designed for heavy-duty
> downloading of multipart binaries from Usenet. Are the mpegs you refer to
> yEnc-encoded? If so, neither Outlook Express nor Windows Mail can decode
> them. If you were decoding them with Outlook Express you must have been
> using a third-party add-on that allowed you to do so. It may be that that
> add-on doesn't work with Windows Mail.
>
> The solution is to use yEnc-savvy software. I use Forte Agent. There are
> other options.
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
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