yEnc Format Files
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News and Mail transfer require that a binary attachment is "encoded" before it is sent. And they are "decoded" after they have been received. Normally all this is done by your newsreader (or mail-program). You don’t see it. Most don’t even know it. yEnc files are formatted in a coding system that is up to 40% smaller than UUencode and Base64, and also include error checking and multipart file support. This means that posts are smaller, and take less time to download.
If you use Outlook Express to download binary files from Usenet groups, you probably have encountered files in the yEnc format. You probably are asking yourself:
1. What is yEnc
2. What are the problems with yEnc
3. What do I need to download yEnc files
4. How do I decode yEnc Files
This article will attempt to answer these questions.
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