[pimppa-users] Problems with yEnc files

[Igor W. <iwr...@us...>]

Though pimppa has been working reasonably well around here,
recently I had trouble with yEncoded files. Either the nntp 
servers have been mangling the stuff, nonstandard encoders 
have been used or the standard has drifted from the current 
linux decoders. It always appears as something on the lines of

/tmp/yydecode: ../messages.txt: evilporn.jpg:1: Part longer than 
expected

... and in the end (especially as it was a 200mb file to
be processed and decoded) 

/tmp/yydecode: ../messages.txt: yucky.jpg:1: Too many open files

This behaviour was identical to both ydec (which pimppa
is currently using) and yydecode. In addition, I tried
something called just 'ydecode', but that never processed
more than one file from the archive and is thus not
straighforwardly applicable to pimppa.

Comments on this, anyone?

Anyway, the point of this message is twofold: 1) be careful
with those yenc bastards 2) if you have trouble, find out 
if some decoder can handle the file. If you can find a decoder 
that works better than the current, please report, and I'll 
change the default.


Igor