[leafnode-list] Re: Fwd: How can I read Binaries

["Baz J" <felixander66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you I'll give it a go.

Baz

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:41:00 +0000 "Baz J" <felixander66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > What I would like to be able to do is allow a user to select a link from
> > a results page and open the message and or picture attached.  No idea
> > where to start looking or whether it can be done?  Leafnode / Script on
> > unbuntu with users on XP.
> >
> > Not strictly linked with leafnode but thought I would chance it.
> >
> > Any advice on the way forward gratefully received.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Baz
>
> Lynx is easily built into a script and will open a newsgroup article with
> a command such as
>
> lynx nntp://localhost/nnq.jtbell-
> D38492.02221303012008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> or
>
> lynx nntp://localhost/news.announce.newusers/8 (where 8 is the local
> article number in the spool).
>
> Image Magick includes the command "display" which will display most image
> formats.  You'd need to 'decode' any images 'attached' to usenet articles
> or emails, of course.  Yencode looks promising, but I've never used it.
>
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