Fortunately, the easiest way is also the most efficient.  Basically this
    involves using the `#' key to numerically tag articles that you want to
    decode and then the `:' key to start the decode process.  The only
    restriction is that multi-part uuencoded articles must be tagged in
    their proper order.  There is no need to uudecode one article at a time.
    Simply mark everything that you would like to decode then press `:'.

    Here is an actual example taken from alt.binaries.pictures.fractals:

    -    9:[Mike In Indy]    Kaboom! - kaboom.gif (0/1)
    - 3078:[Mike In Indy]    Kaboom! - kaboom.gif (1/1)
    -   23:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  (0/7)
    -  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif -  for Halloween  (5/7)
    -  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (3/7)
    -  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (4/7)
    -  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (6/7)
    -  244:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (7/7)
    -  434:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  - for Halloween (1/7)
    -  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif - for Halloween (2/7)
    -   16:[Paul Carlson]    My Halloween Fractal - devil.gif (0/1)
    - 4310:[Paul Carlson]    My Halloween Fractal - devil.gif (1/1)

    As you can see, 3 files have been posted: kaboom.gif, lucifer.gif, and
    devel.gif (At the time of this writing, it is Halloween weekend). Both
    kaboom.gif and devel.gif are single part files whereas lucifer.gif is a
    seven part series.  Since lucifer.gif is displayed out of order, care
    must be exercised when tagging it (slrn will sort threads by subject and
    in this case the poster used an inconsistent subject format--- usually,
    sorting will result in the correct ordering).  Assuming that we wish to
    decode these three gif images, the `#' key will be used to tag them.
    The result of using the `#' key is shown below:

    -    9:[Mike In Indy]    Kaboom! - kaboom.gif (0/1)
   1- 3078:[Mike In Indy]    Kaboom! - kaboom.gif (1/1)
    -   23:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  (0/7)
   6-  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif -  for Halloween  (5/7)
   4-  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (3/7)
   5-  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (4/7)
   7-  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (6/7)
   8-  244:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  -  for Halloween (7/7)
   2-  434:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif  - for Halloween (1/7)
   3-  433:[Gumbycat    ]    lucifer.gif - for Halloween (2/7)
    -   16:[Paul Carlson]    My Halloween Fractal - devil.gif (0/1)
   9- 4310:[Paul Carlson]    My Halloween Fractal - devil.gif (1/1)

    Now 9 headers have been numerically tagged.  To decode these, simply
    press the `:' key.  slrn will prompt for a filename to save the articles
    to and after saving, it will prompt to go ahead and decode.  The decoded
    files will be placed in the directory specified by the
    `decode_directory' variable that one can set in the .slrnrc file.  The
    end result is that after tagging with the `#' key, one presses `:' and
    hits return twice.

    To un-tag articles, press `ESC #'.

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