Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still subscribe to
MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and access to newsgroups
provided by the cable company I have tried downloading large multipart
messages....no problem. However if I don't combine and decode and save
elsewhere the parts fill up the folder.....so I tried moving the downloads
to a "Local Folders" folder. This completed I can then open each individual
part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your other
messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part message. Next,
compact your folders and then try to assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still subscribe
to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and access to newsgroups
provided by the cable company I have tried downloading large multipart
messages....no problem. However if I don't combine and decode and save
elsewhere the parts fill up the folder.....so I tried moving the downloads
to a "Local Folders" folder. This completed I can then open each
individual part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE
6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are manageble
albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I moved them to local
folders created separately for their storage. Then I can empty the news
group folder and work with the parts stored locally at a later time. My
problem is that this then requires that each part be opened separately (very
cumbersome). I cannot open a batch at a time with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your other
messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part message. Next,
compact your folders and then try to assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems
such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program
will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still subscribe
to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and access to
newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried downloading large
multipart messages....no problem. However if I don't combine and decode
and save elsewhere the parts fill up the folder.....so I tried moving the
downloads to a "Local Folders" folder. This completed I can then open
each individual part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts.
Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to
avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a button
to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I moved
them to local folders created separately for their storage. Then I can
empty the news group folder and work with the parts stored locally at
a later time. My problem is that this then requires that each part be
opened separately (very cumbersome). I cannot open a batch at a time
with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your
other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part message.
Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail
and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly.
Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty
as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes.
Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you
sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and
access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried
downloading large multipart messages....no problem. However if I
don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up the
folder.....so I tried moving the downloads to a "Local Folders"
folder. This completed I can then open each individual part but
cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to avoid
the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a button to the
tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are manageble
albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I moved them to local
folders created separately for their storage. Then I can empty the news
group folder and work with the parts stored locally at a later time. My
problem is that this then requires that each part be opened separately
(very cumbersome). I cannot open a batch at a time with "Combine and
Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your
other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part message.
Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user
created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is
feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems
such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and access
to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried downloading
large multipart messages....no problem. However if I don't combine and
decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up the folder.....so I tried
moving the downloads to a "Local Folders" folder. This completed I can
then open each individual part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple
parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

I was addressing the searching for hyperlinks problem you mention. Are
you perhaps dealing with yEnc encoding? Even with preview pane turned
off, you'll get the hyperlinks problem once the message is combined and
decoded. If so, the best way to handle that is with a proxy type yEnc
decoder. That converts the yEnc to Uuencode on which OE can then
decode. See the yEnc section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

You also mention moving messages to a local folder and doing the combine
and decode later. I'm not clear your issue of " I cannot open a batch
at a time". Are you perhaps having one message with 5 parts and another
message with 3 parts and wanting to do the combine and decode on the 8
parts to get the 2 attachments? That won't work if any of the messages
used MIME/Base64 encoding. If they all used Uuencode, that might work.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to
avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a
button to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I
moved them to local folders created separately for their storage.
Then I can empty the news group folder and work with the parts
stored locally at a later time. My problem is that this then
requires that each part be opened separately (very cumbersome). I
cannot open a batch at a time with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your
other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part
message. Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the
message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing
mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default
folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting
changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you
sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and
access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried
downloading large multipart messages....no problem. However if I
don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up the
folder.....so I tried moving the downloads to a "Local Folders"
folder. This completed I can then open each individual part but
cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

Michael,

Yes it is with yEnc that the hyperlink pain occurs....but I can live with
that. Typically I decode after the OE combine and decode and saving the
results to my hard drive...ie Windows not OE. But since it is a time
consuming process even with 1GB memory and a Pent 4, 2.53 processor I want
to move the parts, (example 01 of 22 to 22 of 22) to a non newsgroup folder
for working with when I have time. I can make the copy in a folder but OE
will not combine the example as it does while in the newsgroup folder.

Is there an app which might do this?

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I was addressing the searching for hyperlinks problem you mention. Are you
perhaps dealing with yEnc encoding? Even with preview pane turned off,
you'll get the hyperlinks problem once the message is combined and decoded.
If so, the best way to handle that is with a proxy type yEnc decoder. That
converts the yEnc to Uuencode on which OE can then decode. See the yEnc
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

You also mention moving messages to a local folder and doing the combine
and decode later. I'm not clear your issue of " I cannot open a batch at
a time". Are you perhaps having one message with 5 parts and another
message with 3 parts and wanting to do the combine and decode on the 8
parts to get the 2 attachments? That won't work if any of the messages
used MIME/Base64 encoding. If they all used Uuencode, that might work.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to
avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a button
to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I moved
them to local folders created separately for their storage. Then I can
empty the news group folder and work with the parts stored locally at a
later time. My problem is that this then requires that each part be
opened separately (very cumbersome). I cannot open a batch at a time
with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your
other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part message.
Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and
move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep
user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is
feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of
problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your
up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For
more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and
access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried
downloading large multipart messages....no problem. However if I
don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up the
folder.....so I tried moving the downloads to a "Local Folders"
folder. This completed I can then open each individual part but
cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

The Combine and Decode should work with messages in an OE local folder.
It does for me.

What exactly happens? How far do you get?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Michael,

Yes it is with yEnc that the hyperlink pain occurs....but I can live
with that. Typically I decode after the OE combine and decode and
saving the results to my hard drive...ie Windows not OE. But since it
is a time consuming process even with 1GB memory and a Pent 4, 2.53
processor I want to move the parts, (example 01 of 22 to 22 of 22) to
a non newsgroup folder for working with when I have time. I can make
the copy in a folder but OE will not combine the example as it does
while in the newsgroup folder.

Is there an app which might do this?

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I was addressing the searching for hyperlinks problem you mention.
Are you perhaps dealing with yEnc encoding? Even with preview pane
turned off, you'll get the hyperlinks problem once the message is
combined and decoded. If so, the best way to handle that is with a
proxy type yEnc decoder. That converts the yEnc to Uuencode on which
OE can then decode. See the yEnc section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

You also mention moving messages to a local folder and doing the
combine and decode later. I'm not clear your issue of " I cannot
open a batch at a time". Are you perhaps having one message with 5
parts and another message with 3 parts and wanting to do the combine
and decode on the 8 parts to get the 2 attachments? That won't work
if any of the messages used MIME/Base64 encoding. If they all used
Uuencode, that might work.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to
avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a
button to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I
moved them to local folders created separately for their storage.
Then I can empty the news group folder and work with the parts
stored locally at a later time. My problem is that this then
requires that each part be opened separately (very cumbersome). I
cannot open a batch at a time with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all
your other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part
message. Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the
message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing
mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default
folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting
changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you
sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and
access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried
downloading large multipart messages....no problem. However if I
don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up
the folder.....so I tried moving the downloads to a "Local
Folders" folder. This completed I can then open each individual
part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

Mike,

The error of my ways is that I expected the "Combine and Decode" function to
be in the right click drop down as within a newsgroup ....but I found it in
the message tool bar. Works fine.....now to find a way around the hyperlink
pain.

Thanks for your help,

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
The Combine and Decode should work with messages in an OE local folder. It
does for me.

What exactly happens? How far do you get?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Michael,

Yes it is with yEnc that the hyperlink pain occurs....but I can live with
that. Typically I decode after the OE combine and decode and saving the
results to my hard drive...ie Windows not OE. But since it is a time
consuming process even with 1GB memory and a Pent 4, 2.53 processor I
want to move the parts, (example 01 of 22 to 22 of 22) to a non
newsgroup folder for working with when I have time. I can make the copy
in a folder but OE will not combine the example as it does while in the
newsgroup folder.

Is there an app which might do this?

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I was addressing the searching for hyperlinks problem you mention. Are
you perhaps dealing with yEnc encoding? Even with preview pane turned
off, you'll get the hyperlinks problem once the message is combined and
decoded. If so, the best way to handle that is with a proxy type yEnc
decoder. That converts the yEnc to Uuencode on which OE can then decode.
See the yEnc section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

You also mention moving messages to a local folder and doing the combine
and decode later. I'm not clear your issue of " I cannot open a batch
at a time". Are you perhaps having one message with 5 parts and another
message with 3 parts and wanting to do the combine and decode on the 8
parts to get the 2 attachments? That won't work if any of the messages
used MIME/Base64 encoding. If they all used Uuencode, that might work.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) to
avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can add a
button to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I moved
them to local folders created separately for their storage. Then I
can empty the news group folder and work with the parts stored
locally at a later time. My problem is that this then requires that
each part be opened separately (very cumbersome). I cannot open a
batch at a time with "Combine and Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all your
other messages to a local folder leaving only the multi-part
message. Next, compact your folders and then try to assemble the
message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing
mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default
folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes.
Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you
sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds and
access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have tried
downloading large multipart messages....no problem. However if I
don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the parts fill up the
folder.....so I tried moving the downloads to a "Local Folders"
folder. This completed I can then open each individual part but
cannot "Combine and decode" multiple parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave

As for the hyperlinks with yEnc, as I mentioned previously, the
workaround is to use a proxy decoder rather than a backend decoder. See
the yEnc section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
for some yEnc decoders

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Mike,

The error of my ways is that I expected the "Combine and Decode"
function to be in the right click drop down as within a newsgroup
....but I found it in the message tool bar. Works fine.....now to find
a way around the hyperlink pain.

Thanks for your help,

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
The Combine and Decode should work with messages in an OE local
folder. It does for me.

What exactly happens? How far do you get?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Michael,

Yes it is with yEnc that the hyperlink pain occurs....but I can live
with that. Typically I decode after the OE combine and decode and
saving the results to my hard drive...ie Windows not OE. But since
it is a time consuming process even with 1GB memory and a Pent 4,
2.53 processor I want to move the parts, (example 01 of 22 to 22 of
22) to a non newsgroup folder for working with when I have time. I
can make the copy in a folder but OE will not combine the example as
it does while in the newsgroup folder.

Is there an app which might do this?

Dave




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I was addressing the searching for hyperlinks problem you mention.
Are you perhaps dealing with yEnc encoding? Even with preview pane
turned off, you'll get the hyperlinks problem once the message is
combined and decoded. If so, the best way to handle that is with a
proxy type yEnc decoder. That converts the yEnc to Uuencode on
which OE can then decode. See the yEnc section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

You also mention moving messages to a local folder and doing the
combine and decode later. I'm not clear your issue of " I cannot
open a batch at a time". Are you perhaps having one message with 5
parts and another message with 3 parts and wanting to do the
combine and decode on the 8 parts to get the 2 attachments? That
won't work if any of the messages used MIME/Base64 encoding. If
they all used Uuencode, that might work.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Gave up Preview Pane long ago...other suggestions?




"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If using OE5 and above, turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout)
to avoid the delays with OE searching for hyperlinks. You can
add a button to the tool bar for this.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Parts are in the usegroup folder - not the Inbox. Here they are
manageble albeit slow while "Searching for Hyperlinks".....so I
moved them to local folders created separately for their
storage. Then I can empty the news group folder and work with
the parts stored locally at a later time. My problem is that
this then requires that each part be opened separately (very
cumbersome). I cannot open a batch at a time with "Combine and
Decode".

Dave




"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The multi-parts are in your Inbox? Try it in reverse. Move all
your other messages to a local folder leaving only the
multi-part message. Next, compact your folders and then try to
assemble the message.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is
completed.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for
storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items
folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and
Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders
manually while working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click
Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all
folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is
completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting
changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect
you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Opusita" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Recently I splurged and signed up for cable internet but still
subscribe to MSN. Anyway with the increased download speeds
and access to newsgroups provided by the cable company I have
tried downloading large multipart messages....no problem.
However if I don't combine and decode and save elsewhere the
parts fill up the folder.....so I tried moving the downloads
to a "Local Folders" folder. This completed I can then open
each individual part but cannot "Combine and decode" multiple
parts. Using OE 6.

Any advice will be appreciated.



Dave