If the attachment is a Rar archive file it can usually be repaired.
1) Save the attachment - and remember where you saved it :)
2) Open WinRar
Do NOT double click on the file - that will fail.
Just go directly to a WinRar icon and open the program.
3) Navigate to the folder where you saved the attachment.
4) RIGHT-click on the attachment and select 'repair archive'
(alternatively, just select it and press Alt-R)
Answer yes or ok or continue to all the messages, no matter how
ominous they sound.
You will now have a file with the word "Rebuilt." ahead of the rar
file name. You can now open this or extract or save or whatever you
would have done originally.
Some of the included contents might be lost, or they might all be
there. In the case of BlueRope's posts, everything is there. He or she
appears to be using NewsBin Pro 5.51, which is a good news READing
program, but a less than optimum news POSTing program.
- Herb
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