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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:29:20 GMT, wlaurie@pluto.njcc.com (William
Laurie) wrote:

>texan95@airmail.net (Tex) wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 09 Mar 1997 14:53:18 GMT, cyrus@bluewin.ch (Helpme!) wrote:
>>
>>>I'm using FreeAgent v1.1 to read news messages. I'm able to decode
>>>binary attachments. But I'm not able to decode non-binary attachments,
>>>i.e. JPEGs that are encoded with Base64 or uuencoded. Who can tell me
>>>how to decode THESE attachments with FreeAgent?????? If I try it the
>>>way I do with binary attachments, it doesn't work because FreeAgent
>>>tells me that it has not found any binary attachments. The only thing
>>>I can see are these unreadable letters I also see before decoding
>>>binary attachments?? Who can solve this problem???
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>     First of all, all the files you mentioned are binary. FreeAgent
>>decodes uue-encoded binaries (the ones that start out "begin44...",
>>but does not decode base64-encoded binaries (the ones that start out
>>"/9j/...", or whatever). If you like FreeAgent (and who doesn't?), go
>>ahead and get the latest version of Agent, which DOES decode all
>>binary picture files, including base64. It has a lot more features
>>than FreeAgent, and is a bargain, price-wise. If you don't want to do
>>that, let me know and I'll send you a small but efficient Base64
>>decoder which you can use to manually decode the Base64 files you save
>>to disk.
>
>You will still need an external program to view the JPG files.
>Internet explorer or netscape navigator can be used for that purpose.
>I use LView Pro 32.
>
>Hope this helps.

    Here's a vote for ACDSee95. But then I haven't tried LView Pro 32.
One thing for sure, I won't use a web browser to view files (other
than html files) or read newsgroups. Don't know why folks do that...