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1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
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3 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
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4 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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7 Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
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8 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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11 * Installation changes
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13 ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
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15 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
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16 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to
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17 this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
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18 `~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are read
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20 this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for more
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21 information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe in
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24 ** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It
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26 installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow
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27 the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually
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28 or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
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33 ** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library.
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35 This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
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36 user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include
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37 support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM. *Note Emacs SASL: (sasl)Top.
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39 ** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
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41 The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when
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42 the server supports it.
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46 It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout of
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47 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the PGP
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48 back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords
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50 querying the user about whether to do so.
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56 that are not reused when you select another article. *Note Sticky
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60 using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that GNU Libidn
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61 (<http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/>) has been installed.
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64 ends that fully support non-ASCII group names are now `nntp', `nnml',
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65 and `nnrss'. Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work
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71 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
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72 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
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75 (`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles'). *Note Summary Generation
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76 Commands::.
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79 (`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
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82 configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
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85 ring when you click on them.
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96 This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
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99 set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will be decayed.
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104 `gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'. *Note To
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113 inline PGP signed messages. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text.
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120 ** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use
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140 `message-fill-column'. *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message
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141 Variables.
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144 `message-signature-directory'.
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147 "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set
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154 ** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
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157 `nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back end)
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158 variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that you can
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159 copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus
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160 installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and
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161 marked. The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data in
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162 `~/.newsrc.eld'.
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165 RSS::.
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169 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
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170 customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
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173 names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
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175 ** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
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177 ** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for
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178 compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::.
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180 ** The nnml back end supports group compaction.
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182 This feature, accessible via the functions `gnus-group-compact-group'
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183 (`G z' in the group buffer) and `gnus-server-compact-server' (`z' in the
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185 removing gaps. As a consequence, you get a correct total article count
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189 * Appearance
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192 customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the manual yet, but
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193 `M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should get you started. (Only
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194 for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
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201 `gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
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209 use the server in question. For instance, if you change
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212 `bar.example.com' from next time.
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220 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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222 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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224 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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225 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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226 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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227 any later version.
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229 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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230 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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231 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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232 GNU General Public License for more details.
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234 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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235 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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236 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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237 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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240 Local variables:
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241 mode: outline
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242 paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
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