On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:11:24 GMT, Me359 wrote:
In reply to "Flatlander" who wrote the following:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:59:49 -0700, Old Geezerr
wrote:
On 6 Feb 2020 16:04:59 -0800, Miloch
wrote:
In article , Old Geezerr
says...
What are the postings with the random character subjects and
authors.
I have seen them on the rail, original and scenic picture groups.
I have been deleting them instead of opening them.
Dave:
I get them too...in multiple groups...the subject line and poster name
change so
you can't killfile them...just started...just put up with them and the
poster
will tire out...
*
Thanks. I don't even bother getting the posting itself.
Dave:
They're virus and password protected files. Not worth the risk and
bandwidth.
Those posting have nothing to do with virusses or password protected files. These posts have been done using
Yenc encoding. That's another kind of encoding than just attaching a picture to a mail, and is used because
the post can be much more condensed and hacked into pieces, each section much smaller in size than a JPG
picture. It used be used a lot more when we still had slow internet connections and as far as I can see only
poster uses it here in the aviation group.
If you use a different newsgroup reader that is able to process Yenc encoded files you can easily read those
posts. I normally use Thunderbird for my e-mails and newsgroups and that application can't cope with Yenc.
I also use Newsleecher which easily deals with Yenc posting and can assure you that posts a lot
of great aviation pictures. But I admit, I don't always switch to Newsleecher and skip those files, it's just
too much work.
I'm familiar with yenc encoded files. The posts I'm taliking about
are either 0 byte files or encoded RAR files that require passwords or
contain EXE files that are viruses.