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Table of Contents

New

Purchasing and Upgrading

Downloading, Installation, and Registration

Starting yProxy

Configuration and Errors

Using yProxy

News Services

Newsreaders

yEnc

New

NEW! How do I get started with yProxy Pro?

NEW! Which news service provider do you recommend?

NEW! My version of yProxy Pro doesn't work with Windows Vista or Windows 7. How do I upgrade?

NEW! Do you provide free live support through Windows Messenger and Remote Assistance?

UPDATED! My news provider is ATT Worldnet. They only offer an SSL encrypted news server. Does yProxy support SSL?

Purchasing and Upgrading

NEW! My version of yProxy Pro doesn't work with Windows Vista or Windows 7. How do I upgrade?

Why are you charging for yProxy Pro?

Why should I pay for yProxy Pro when I can download a pirated copy off of the Internet for free?

I donated $10 or more to you guys, shouldn't I get to register yProxy Pro for free?

Since yProxy Pro came out, my older version of yProxy stopped working. Did you disable it?

Downloading, Installation, and Registration

Should I post yProxy to the news groups or should I just post the URL (link)?

The download link I received doesn't work or is expired. How do I download yProxy Pro?

yProxy Pro won't accept my registration key. What's wrong?

Who should I contact for lost order emails and all other order and billing related, non-technical yProxy Pro support?

I'm confused how yProxy works. Do you have a diagram?

How do I uninstall yProxy?

I'm downloading the "free" version of yProxy from somebody else's website because you no longer offer a link. Is this safe?

When I try to run the installation program, why do I get an error message similar to "Could not initialize installation. File size expected = 1631574, size returned 93900. The parameter is incorrect"?

Starting yProxy

NEW! How do I get started with yProxy Pro?

Configuration and Errors

NEW! How do I get started with yProxy Pro?

I've just updated Windows XP by installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, and now I'm getting connection errors from my news reader. What happened?

I've installed ZoneAlarm and have the MailSafe feature enabled. The headers for all MailSafe protected file attachments are being corruped by ZoneAlarm, so my attachments aren't showing up in my news reader. What happened and what do I do?

Do I enter an IP address or a hostname where it says "NNTP Server Address"?

yProxy keeps crashing with the blue Screen of Death when I try to download a message.

Why do I get "Connection Refused", "Failed to Connect" or something similar after I put localhost in my newsreader and try to connect?

I still get "Connection Refused", "Failed to Connect" or something similar, and I'm sure I've pressed yProxy's Start button. What now?

OK, I'm confused. I've installed and configured yProxy but when I look up any yEncoded messages via my newsreader, it's still scrambled. What have I not done?

I just installed yProxy, I've shut down my newsreader and restarted it, and I'm sure I have yProxy configured correctly, but my yEncoded messages are still scrambled. What am I doing wrong?

I'm getting "The TCP/IP connection was unexpectedly terminated by the server" or something similar when trying to connect to my news server. I see the connection open up in yProxy, but it never connects to my news server. What now?

I've verified that my settings are correct and that my news server is up, yet why do I still get the error "The TCP/IP connection was unexpectedly terminated by the server" or something similar when trying to connect to my news server?

yProxy used to decode messages, now it doesn't. Instead, I get attachments with the extension .ntx. What's wrong?

What is the default port number again?

What does the following error mean: "Windows socket error: (10048), on API 'bind'"?

What does the following error mean: "Windows socket error: Only of usage of each socket address (protocol/network address port) is normally permitted (10048), on API 'bind'"?

What does the following error mean: "Could not bind socket. Address and port are already in use."?

When I try to run the installation program, why do I get an error message similar to "Could not initialize installation. File size expected = 1631574, size returned 93900. The parameter is incorrect"?

Using yProxy

Why don't the progress bar and filename indicator always work?

How come I don't see the lights blink very much?

Will yProxy speed up my downloading?

What is the Macinstosh solution?

How much CPU does yProxy use?

What if I have more than one network adapter, which IP address will it show when allowing remote connections?

What priority does yProxy run at?

I selected "Auto Start" from the Options menu, but it doesn't start automatically when I reboot. Why not?

What security issues should I keep in mind when using yProxy?

Where are my settings saved to?

Is yProxy spyware?

A program can only be yEnc v1.3 compliant if it supports CRC error checking, so does yProxy support CRC?

What's another factor that will affect my 33% efficiency gain when downloading 8-bit yEncoded files vs. 6-bit encoded files over a v.90 or v.92 modem?

What's with this Message of the Day feature?

Can I purchase a license for an enterprise version of yProxy that has no set connection limit?

News Services

NEW! Which news service provider do you recommend?

UPDATED! My news provider is ATT Worldnet. They only offer an SSL encrypted news server. Does yProxy support SSL?

Newsreaders

Why do I have to manually join some multi-part yEncoded posts when my newsreader usually handles them?

How can I help Forte Agent auto-join these malformed yEnc subject lines people are posting?

yEnc

Marcus Adams (yEnc proxy inventor), what's your take on yEnc?

What's another factor that will affect my 33% efficiency gain when downloading 8-bit yEncoded files vs. 6-bit encoded files over a v.90 or v.92 modem?