"Tom Callahan" wrote in message
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I was very surprised to learn that one of his photos is being used in that
advertisement. In that I didn't post it as a copyrighted photo left me
open to such use of my image (I guess). I was upset that Forte's Agent
newsreader management didn't offer me a free subscription to their service.

Right after they started using my photo we had a resurgence in this
newsgroup about the use of yenc. I was against the use of anything other
than uuencode because I didn't know why yenc coding existed. I read the
messages flying back and forth. I'd always used a free copy of yenc
decoder along with my old Outlook Express software. I'd download the
image and then decode it as a jpg. It was always like gambling if the
poster didn't have a good subject line on his post.

Then someone (in Orlando I think) mentioned the OeyEnc Loader. I put that
on my PC and it's on my desktop as a shortcut. I now open OE in one of
two ways...for anything not involving yenc and for visits to the
newsgroups. It's painless to use the loader/decoder and it has not caused
problems with any of my other software as far as I can tell.

I use that same program but it only seems to detect (decode) about 3or 4 out
of 10 of the yEnc posts - I dunno why, maybe the yEnc format comes in
different flavours, or there's something I've missed in the setup process of
either the OeyEnc or maybe OE itself.
I'm not greatly worried either way. If it decodes the file, that's fine, but
if it doesn't I dont lose any sleep over it.

Graham



I still wish theat forteinc had contacted me and offered me a free
subscription for a while.

Better yet, I wish someone would post a link to a site that has a free
download of a simple, easy to use program that will decode the WinRAR
posts in the multimedia aviation newsgroup. That to me is a terrible
waste of bandwidth. I have the free decoder and still can't figure out
how to do it. Pretty bad when the porn sites are easier to combine and
decode than aviation videos.

That's it from my foxhole for tonight, Tom in Pensacola


"Just Plane Noise" wrote in message
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On the page listing the features of Forte's Agent newsreader
(http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php), prominently including yEnc
capability, one of the images used to illustrate the page is a post by
Tom Callahan called "Blue angels in echelon" on 7/14/06 TO THIS VERY
GROUP! I don't remember which (if any) side of the yEnc issue Tom is
one, but it is f'in' hilarious that a.b.p.a is used to illustrate the
abilities of a yEnc-enabled newsreader!