thanks Steve for all your work, I did try it and it looks pretty good. Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Matzura [mailto:number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:27 AM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: binary usenet news groups and jfw > > > Hi, Chip: > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:27:57 -0500, you wrote: > > >I'm trying to get a file from a binary usenet news group. > I've been = > unable > >in using outlook express to combine and decode, so I tried a > program = > named > >pluckit to do this. It seems to be completely inaccessible, so I was > >wondering if anyone had gotten pluckit to work with jfw, or, > had any = > other > >recommendations? > > Skip Plugin and go directly to Free Agent (http://www.forteinc.com). > They're in beta for a new version, but 1.93, the current one, is very > very accessible, and JFW's already got the scripts for it down to a > science. Pity, though, that when Agent Versiion 2 comes out, those > scripts will cease to function because Forte have change all their > windowing naming and classing conventions, so the scripts will have to > be re-written. I'm sort-of in the process of trying to do that now, > as I am on the Agent 2.0 beta team. > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the > subject line. > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.