From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7163 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aaron Hsu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Binary capability in Gnus Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:52:16 -0500 Organization: Sacrificum Deo Network Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146346849 26171 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2006 21:40:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 29 23:40:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZxBE-0002wG-54 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:40:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZxBD-0003JC-Mo for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:40:43 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.gvtc.com!news.gvtc.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:46:22 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus X-Home-Page: http://www.sacrificumdeo.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NuCmG8K/i/vrYnwizBPtNeXjTH8= Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.194.26.245 Original-X-Trace: sv3-6wd0jIWbF6e3AIMpfP0qzNq1DN/ieQwM97QT6m90145hmfbIN9JY8FDo9hZ740nEFD+VnFrIGdbz0oN!cAZjKexXoUq/mGfZjUSZ94JZkZQ7belP63LddRJ6nM5pkAAOyMnPrH0EENFmGi02wIzE0HdStWXR!5NCvag== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gvtc.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@gvtc.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77345 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7163 Archived-At: I have Gnus running quite well on my system, mostly for IMAP email and lot's of little text newsgroups. However, I occassionally venture into binary newsgroups for one reason or another. I find that I am often trying to find one particular file or item, and there are so many binary newsgroups, I find it hard to know where to find which ones. Can someone provide some advice on the most effecient way to search through multiple binary groups for a specific file? As well, can someone point me to some documentation on how Gnus works with binary files and how it decodes them? I have never used Gnus for binary files, so I don't know where to start. Some information on Yenc files would be good. Also, I notice a lot of binary files are encoded in RAR format, but are split and not one single file. What is the best way to decompress these files on Linux? I know that some newsreaders do the combining and unarchiving automatically, but I did not see anything in the Gnus manual that would hint to it being able to do that. -- Aaron Hsu Jabber: arcfide@xmpp.us "Extend beyond the Mortal . . . ." "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin