Re: [Pan-users] yEnc.msg files and formats

[Sarah Taylor]

There seem to be several choices for a yenc decoder in various Linux
distros.  Have you searched for a yenc decoder?  It's been a long time
since I used one, but as I recall the process wasn't difficult.


On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:01 PM Rickbrown <pan@intermountainac.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> When I select a header file indicating yEnc encoding to download I get a 
> larger "attachment" file and a collection of .msg files. What is in the 
> attachment file is a mystery, but it is some sort of amalgamation of the 
> information in the .msg files.
>
>
> The .msg files contain a header section and a yEnc encoded binary data 
> section. I assume this to be image data for a single image. I can run a rough 
> decode over the data by subtracting out the 0x2a that was added to the data 
> characters as part of yEnc process and ignoring escapes. Then scanning the 
> decoded data I can find no indication of what the data is or what the format 
> is.
>
>
> Do you know? Do you know where documentation of this product exists? How to 
> use these products? I live in the Linux world.
>
>
> Thanks -RickBrown in Reno, Nv
>
>
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