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OCR: NewsWatcher 2.0 Extracting Binaries Introduction to Attached Files Sometimes people attach files directly to their postings instead of referring to an FTP site. As with teeeeeeed files. attached files can be programs, documents pictures. sounds, or any other kind of file NewsWatcher makes if easy to extract these attached files and copy them to your hard drive Several popular newsgroups are used almost exclusively for distributing files in this way These are commonly called "binary groups" and attached files are called I "binaries" For example, the moderated group comp binaries. .mac used to distribute Mac freeware and shareware and demo programs and other Mac files. As another example the hierarchy of groups alt. .binaries. -pictures is paen to distribute pictures The Usenet news system w ...