I stumbled upon your "How to Combine and Decode Multi-part Newsgroup Messages" page (http://mozilla.edmullen.net/moz_combine.html) and thought I'd pass along some additional information. The yenc decoder can also combine multiple message parts. That allows a workaround for Outlook Express's nasty habit of locking up when opening a yenc encoded messages. First, download the messages: 1. Select all of the messages that make up the file part 2. Pull down the Tools menu and select Mark for Offline -> Download messages later 3. Pull down the Tools menu and select Synchronize Newsgroup -> Get messages marked for download. After all of the messages have downloaded, extract them to text files: 1. Select (but do not open) the first message. 2. Pull down the File menu and select Save As 3. Complete the dialog box and close 4. Repeat for remaining messages 5. Run the yenc decoder with wildcards; e.g., yenc *.nws