On Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:27:29 -0700, Danny <notREALLY@buffoon.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:52:42 -0500, default <default@defaulter.net>
>wrote:
>
>>What is the best way to find out what the RAR compressed files are all
>>about without having to first download and open them?
>
>I was interested in this too. I thought you would have an answer back
>by now or perhaps I just missed it.
>
>Anyway ..... Years ago I used a newsreader called Ozum. I really
>liked it and it worked well. Simple and easy to set up nd use. Posting
>mutliparts was very easy and had a screenshot editor too. It was out
>of a company in Australia as I recall and the company was a bit hard
>to work with if you did have a problem with updated versions.
>
>Ozum would allow you to "peek" into rar files, basically allowing you
>to view a single rar file without DL the entire series, join, etc.
>
>They went out of business back in '08 or '09 I believe but you can
>still get it. It also looks like there has been some recent updates
>to it, probably so that it will work better with newer OS. You can
>check out the details and the updated versions for DL here:
>
>https://ozum.soft112.com/
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>I was wondering if there were other ways to do this.
Thanks I'll try Ozum. I found it on tucows.com. The link you provided
looks like it is dead.
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