Subject: Unreadable binary file help needed

From: [email-masked] (Monthian Buntan - OR99)
Date: 8 Dec 1994 11:35:20 GMT

Hi all,
Recently, I downloaded a big file from a server somewhere and found that 
it was transfered in the binary mode automatically without me telling it 
to do.  When I come back to my computer, I can't read such a file via any 
word processor application.

On the other hand, ten minutes ago, I donwloaded a file which was 
supposed to be a binary file, but my computer set itself to a text mode.  
I understand that it was because there was some text message before and 
after : which my communication software interpretted that it should then 
be a text file.  How could I solve all of these problem?

One more questions.  Could I view the first page of a long message and 
then jump accross hundreds of pages to the last page of such a long file 
while in the pine mode?  There isn't any keyboard command for that 
function that I know of.

Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.  Please direct your 
answer to my e-mail in addition to this news group as I rrarely come into 
this group.

Best regards,

Thian.

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From: [email-masked] (Wet-Sprocket)
Date: 10 Dec 1994 02:31:43 GMT

Comes here Mr. Monthian Buntan - OR99 with this opinion in the "comp.mail.pine" group in this article on 8 Dec 1994 11:35:20 GMT:

 +   One more questions.  Could I view the first page of a long message and 
 +   then jump accross hundreds of pages to the last page of such a long file 
 +   while in the pine mode?  There isn't any keyboard command for that 
 +   function that I know of.

If your system has newer version of Pine(3.9*), you can first use the W key
then ^V for the last line.

Regarding other (Pine unrelated) questions please forward to appropriate
newsgroups.

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