Re: [Pan-users] Re: Combining Binary Files in Newsgroups

[Michael Leone]

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 23:34, Lenroc wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:53:27 -0400, Tim Philp wrote:
> 
> > Does this work when the attachments are all in different messages?
> 
> Yes, assuming that they were posted correctly.
> 
> One setting that hasn't been mentioned and is helpful is the "Show
> complete multipart posts as a single article" option on the "Header Pane"
> tab in Preferences.

THAT'S the one I forgot to mention! I knew there were 2 parts to what I
wanted to say. :-)

> I believe it's on by default. As long as it's on, you'll see complete
> binaries as a single post, which you can identify by a Green Puzzle Piece
> icon next to them.
> 
> (Note that this only helps individual files appear as single posts: If you
> are looking at huge files, like ISOs or large movies, the poster will
> often split the compressed file into smaller files before posting
> (something like .r01, .r02, etc.). Each of these smaller files will appear
> as it's own Post in Pan's header pane.)