Galen wrote:

Additionally...

If the friend is to use this for file transfers in the alt.binary
groups or wants easy yEnc support then there's a chunck of software
called GrabIt available free from: http://www.shemes.com/ I've found
that when doing multi-part downloads it's simply the easiest way to
go.

Personally, rather than Grabbit, I'd recommend NewsBin Pro 5.05
(www.newsbin.com) for multi-part binary downloads including yenc support.
I'm aware of several recent instances where Grabbit had major problems
with certain postings that NewsBin Pro took in its stride. Nevertheless
each to their own. Other news readers the poster may wish to consider
include Forte Agent (www.forteinc.com) and XNews
(http://www.slyck.com/xnews.php).
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Mike Maltby