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  • Using PAN, Some group subject lines

    From Paul@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 14 14:50:00 2022
    Hi all.

    I'm using PAN News reader on a UNIX system. It works with 20 concurrent connections and I'm getting a Super Fast download rate of 550-600Mbps!

    In some newsgroups like for example the alt.binaries.movies.mkv
    newsgroup, after downloading the message headers, most of the subject
    lines have random letters all together like for example

    Subject: "UYIJHUTTTT678YU555555"

    Are these subject lines encoded somehow, needing to be decoded to be able
    to read the subject line of what the message description is about it's attachment attached, or do people just type in trash for the subject
    leaving a person to guess what it is until wasting time to download?

    This is a current valid email address if someone will please take the
    time to reply here for others knowledge and by email so I don't miss it
    with more information about what I'm looking at?

    Cybermin

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 23 06:57:28 2022
    Am 14.12.2022 um 14:50:00 Uhr schrieb Paul:

    In some newsgroups like for example the alt.binaries.movies.mkv
    newsgroup, after downloading the message headers, most of the subject
    lines have random letters all together like for example

    Subject: "UYIJHUTTTT678YU555555"

    Are these subject lines encoded somehow, needing to be decoded to
    be able to read the subject line of what the message description is
    about it's attachment attached, or do people just type in trash for
    the subject leaving a person to guess what it is until wasting time
    to download?

    I assume the user typed that/used a software that set it to that. Can
    you check the User-Agent header?

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