On 8 Apr 2008 at 15:34, Jack D. Lewis wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 4/8/2008 1:06 PM:
> > I posted a request asking what I should do with ezw attachments - I 
> > got no response that I can read, couldn't even read my own post!
> >  
> > I found a program that read's ezw files, but it could not decode the 
> > ones that I am getting via this newsletter - here's the link, 
> > http://pesona.mmu.edu.my/~msng/EZW.html 
> > <http://pesona.mmu.edu.my/%7Emsng/EZW.html>.  This provides the C 
> > source code which you'll have to build to test it.
> >  
> > As a near convert  to OOo this issue is making me wonder if we'd be 
> > better off sticking with MS Office, at least the support material is 
> > available in human readable form rather than some obscure image format.
> >  
> > PhilD
> 
> PhilD,
> 
> The ezw attachments that are found in the discuss digest emails that are 
> sent are simple eml files. I have no idea where they came up with that 
> extension. Thunderbird automatically displays them as they should be - 
> email files, no need to find a special program to view them. If you are 
> using another email program, simply save the attachments as 
> 'whatever.eml' instead of 'whatever.ezw'

Confirming what I thought. However, as the OP's not subscribed he 
won't see this.

I'm afraid he doesn't seem to know how mailing lists work either; 
I've sent some notes on why it's a Good Thing to keep topics on the 
list (rather than mailed privately), and suggested he investigate 
gmane. I hope that doesn't turn out to be a recommendation of the 
fire over the frying pan :-)

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