Most Usenet servers restrict the size of files that can be posted. To get around that, people use programs like WinRAR to split one large file up into several smaller files which can then be posted to a newsgroup.
With more traditional Usenet access you would need to download all of the individual files and then use a program (like WinRAR) to stitch them back together.
Easy News, along with many others, has a cool feature called "Auto UnRAR," with which they take the individual files and stitch them back together into a complete file and load it onto their server, saving you a lot of bother.
In any case, look what I just found AutoUnRARed in one of the newsgroups:
Naturally I have no choice but to download it.
The damn thing is inescapable, and seems as inevitable as death and taxes.
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