GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 85692
reading yenc encoded messages only works if "save" is used
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
If a text message (such as an .nfo file) is encoded in yenc format, it can not be read from within the newsreader (for instance by trying to download the message and view it in the message tab.) However if the messaged is saved, you may view it using your favorite text editor. Put another way, yenc decoding does not take place unless the save as file function is executed.
This was fixed in a later beta release (0.11.92) and will be in the next stable release (0.12.0), which is due any day now. (you didn't mention which version you're using, so if this is broken in 0.11.94, let me know) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75136 ***