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My server doesn't show all the posts
What is the ZIP file format?
What is the RAR format?
What is the SIT format?
The messages just look large amounts of junk text. What's going wrong?
How do I download multi-part postings with Outlook Express?
How do I download multi-part postings with Netscape newsreaders?
How do I download multi-part postings with Agent or Free Agent?
Where can I find a free news server?
What are all those different kinds of fonts?
What does "FP" mean in the subject line?
What does "yEnc" mean in the subject line

My server doesn't show all the posts

Access the newsgroup through an alternative news server (NNTP access) or a web-based news service. There are paid for and free services.

What is the ZIP file format?

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What is the RAR format?

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What is the SIT format?

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The messages just look large amounts of junk text. What's going wrong?

This is most probably a multipart file posting.
Look at the advice below for downloading multipart messages.
Alternatively, it may be posting encoded using the yEnc system.

How do I download multipart messages with Outlook Express?

• Make sure you have downloaded all the parts of a particular message: They will all have the same Subject, but end in "[1/5]", "[2/5]" etc. (The first part will appear as a normal message with an attachment, subsequent parts as seemingly junk text - they are in fact continuations of the attachment.)
  
• Once you have them all, highlight them all by clicking on them with the shift button held down.
• Right-click and select Combine and decode
• Check that the messages are in the right order, and then click OK. Outlook Express will then reassemble the message into one file for you.
  
• Open or save the attachment as normal.

How do I download multipart messages with Netscape newsreaders?

Unfortunately, Netscape does not currently handle multi-part messages internally, but there is a way to make them work in conjunction with another program like WinZip.
First, highlight all parts of the multi-part message by clicking on them with the shift button held down. Then right click on them, and select Save Message. Save the file with whatever name you like, but make sure that you replace the default .txt ending with .uue extension.
You can now open the .uue file in WinZip or a similar program, which will convert it to a useable file.

How do I download multipart messages with Agent or FreeAgent?

Go to Group > Default properties > Receive files and make sure you have the following checked:

• Detect uuencoded files
• Join multipart messages when receiving headers
• Join multipart messages when saving or launching attachments

If these are selected, Agent will display a multipart message as a single icon. When you select it, Agent will download each part and combine them together ready for you to save.
If Agent can't work out that a series of messages should be combined, you use the Message > Join sections command to get them to appear as a single item.

Where can I find a free news server?

Newzbot monitors free news servers, or use an internet search engine like AltaVista to find one; but be aware that not all servers will carry ABF.
The following servers have been previously recommended on ABF:

• dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu
• demonews.mindspring.com
• news.clara.net
• pubnews.demon.co.uk
• news.ausmail.com
• atea.cqit.qld.edu.au
• news.cairns.net.au
• phantom.treko.net.au

Or, if you can live without multipart messages, try a web-based news service like the Italian GlobalNews.

What are all those different kinds of fonts?

• OpenType (.OTF)
• TrueType (.TTF);
• Type 1 (.PFM, .PFB, .MMM)
• System fonts (.FON)
• Type 3

What does "FP" mean in the subject line?

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What does "yEnc" mean in the subject line?

yEnc is a new encoding system, created as an alternative to UUEncode.
So far, not all newsgroup software supports yEnc.