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1 \input texinfo
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2 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @setfilename gnus-faq.info
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5
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6 @node Frequently Asked Questions
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7 @section Frequently Asked Questions
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8
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9 This is the Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list.
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10 If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at
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11 @file{http://www.miranova.com/~steve/gnus-faq.html>}, and has
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12 probably been updated since you got this manual.
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13
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14 @menu
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15 * Installation FAQ:: Installation of Gnus.
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16 * Customization FAQ:: Customizing Gnus.
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17 * Reading News FAQ:: News Reading Questions.
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18 * Reading Mail FAQ:: Mail Reading Questions.
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19 @end menu
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21
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22 @node Installation FAQ
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23 @subsection Installation
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25 @itemize @bullet
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26 @item
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27 Q1.1 What is the latest version of Gnus?
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28
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29 The latest (and greatest) version is 5.0.10. You might also run
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30 across something called @emph{September Gnus}. September Gnus
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31 is the alpha version of the next major release of Gnus. It is currently
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32 not stable enough to run unless you are prepared to debug lisp.
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33
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34 @item
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35 Q1.2 Where do I get Gnus?
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36
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37 Any of the following locations:
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38
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39 @itemize @minus
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40 @item
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41 @file{ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/emacs/gnus/gnus.tar.gz}
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43 @item
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44 @file{ftp://ftp.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/}
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46 @item
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47 @file{gopher://gopher.pilgrim.umass.edu/11/pub/misc/ding/}
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49 @item
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50 @file{ftp://aphrodite.nectar.cs.cmu.edu/pub/ding-gnus/}
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52 @item
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53 @file{ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se:/pub/gnu/elisp/}
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54
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55 @end itemize
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56
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57 @item
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58 Q1.3 Which version of Emacs do I need?
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59
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60 At least GNU Emacs 19.28, or XEmacs 19.12 is recommended. GNU Emacs
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61 19.25 has been reported to work under certain circumstances, but it
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62 doesn't @emph{officially} work on it. 19.27 has also been reported to
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63 work. Gnus has been reported to work under OS/2 as well as Unix.
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66 @item
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67 Q1.4 Where is timezone.el?
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68
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69 Upgrade to XEmacs 19.13. In earlier versions of XEmacs this file was
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70 placed with Gnus 4.1.3, but that has been corrected.
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73 @item
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74 Q1.5 When I run Gnus on XEmacs 19.13 I get weird error messages.
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75
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76 You're running an old version of Gnus. Upgrade to at least version
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77 5.0.4.
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80 @item
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81 Q1.6 How do I unsubscribe from the Mailing List?
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82
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83 Send an e-mail message to @file{ding-request@@ifi.uio.no} with the magic word
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84 @emph{unsubscribe} somewhere in it, and you will be removed.
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85
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86 If you are reading the digest version of the list, send an e-mail message
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87 to @*
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88 @file{ding-rn-digests-d-request@@moe.shore.net}
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89 with @emph{unsubscribe} as the subject and you will be removed.
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90
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91
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92 @item
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93 Q1.7 How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
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94
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95 The basic answer is to byte-compile under XEmacs, and then you can
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96 run under either Emacsen. There is, however, a potential version
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97 problem with easymenu.el with Gnu Emacs prior to 19.29.
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98
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99 Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> writes :@*
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100 The internal easymenu.el interface changed between 19.28 and 19.29 in
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101 order to make it possible to create byte compiled files that can be
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102 shared between Gnu Emacs and XEmacs. The change is upward
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103 compatible, but not downward compatible.
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104 This gives the following compatibility table:
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105
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106 @example
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107 Compiled with: | Can be used with:
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108 ----------------+--------------------------------------
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109 19.28 | 19.28 19.29
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110 19.29 | 19.29 XEmacs
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111 XEmacs | 19.29 XEmacs
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112 @end example
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113
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114 If you have Gnu Emacs 19.28 or earlier, or XEmacs 19.12 or earlier, get
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115 a recent version of auc-menu.el from
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116 @file{ftp://ftp.iesd.auc.dk/pub/emacs-lisp/auc-menu.el}, and install it
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117 under the name easymenu.el somewhere early in your load path.
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119
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120 @item
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121 Q1.8 What resources are available?
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122
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123 There is the newsgroup Gnu.emacs.gnus. Discussion of Gnus 5.x is now
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124 taking place there. There is also a mailing list, send mail to
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125 @file{ding-request@@ifi.uio.no} with the magic word @emph{subscribe}
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126 somewhere in it.
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127
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128 @emph{NOTE:} the traffic on this list is heavy so you may not want to be
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129 on it (unless you use Gnus as your mailer reader, that is). The mailing
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130 list is mainly for developers and testers.
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131
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132 Gnus has a home World Wide Web page at@*
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133 @file{http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding.html}.
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134
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135 Gnus has a write up in the X Windows Applications FAQ at@*
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136 @file{http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/xapps/Q-III.html}.
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137
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138 The Gnus manual is also available on the World Wide Web. The canonical
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139 source is in Norway at@*
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140 @file{http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding-manual/gnus_toc.html}.
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141
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142 There are three mirrors in the United States:
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143 @enumerate
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144 @item
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145 @file{http://www.miranova.com/gnus-man/}
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146
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147 @item
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148 @file{http://www.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/manual/gnus_toc.html}
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149
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150 @item
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151 @file{http://www.rtd.com/~woo/gnus/}
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152
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153 @end enumerate
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154
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155 PostScript copies of the Gnus Reference card are available from@*
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156 @file{ftp://ftp.cs.ualberta.ca/pub/oolog/gnus/}. They are mirrored at@*
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157 @file{ftp://ftp.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/refcard/} in the
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158 United States. And@*
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159 @file{ftp://marvin.fkphy.uni-duesseldorf.de/pub/gnus/}
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160 in Germany.
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161
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162 An online version of the Gnus FAQ is available at@*
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163 @file{http://www.miranova.com/~steve/gnus-faq.html}. Off-line formats
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164 are also available:@*
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165 ASCII: @file{ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/gnus-faq}@*
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166 PostScript: @file{ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/gnus-faq.ps}.
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167
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168
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169 @item
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170 Q1.9 Gnus hangs on connecting to NNTP server
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171
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172 I am running XEmacs on SunOS and Gnus prints a message about Connecting
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173 to NNTP server and then just hangs.
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174
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175 Ben Wing <wing@@netcom.com> writes :@*
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176 I wonder if you're hitting the infamous @emph{libresolv} problem.
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177 The basic problem is that under SunOS you can compile either
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178 with DNS or NIS name lookup libraries but not both. Try
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179 substituting the IP address and see if that works; if so, you
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180 need to download the sources and recompile.
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181
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182
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183 @item
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184 Q1.10 Mailcrypt 3.4 doesn't work
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185
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186 This problem is verified to still exist in Gnus 5.0.9 and MailCrypt 3.4.
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187 The answer comes from Peter Arius
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188 <arius@@immd2.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>.
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189
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190 I found out that mailcrypt uses
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191 @code{gnus-eval-in-buffer-window}, which is a macro.
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192 It seems as if you have
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193 compiled mailcrypt with plain old GNUS in load path, and the XEmacs byte
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194 compiler has inserted that macro definition into
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195 @file{mc-toplev.elc}.
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196 The solution is to recompile @file{mc-toplev.el} with Gnus 5 in
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197 load-path, and it works fine.
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198
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199 Steve Baur <steve@@miranova.com> adds :@*
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200 The problem also manifests itself if neither GNUS 4 nor Gnus 5 is in the
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201 load-path.
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204 @item
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205 Q1.11 What other packages work with Gnus?
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206
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207 @itemize @minus
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208 @item
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209 Mailcrypt.
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210
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211 Mailcrypt is an Emacs interface to PGP. It works, it installs
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212 without hassle, and integrates very easily. Mailcrypt can be
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213 obtained from@*
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214 @file{ftp://cag.lcs.mit.edu/pub/patl/mailcrypt-3.4.tar.gz}.
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215
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216 @item
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217 Tiny Mime.
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218
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219 Tiny Mime is an Emacs MUA interface to MIME. Installation is
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220 a two-step process unlike most other packages, so you should
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221 be prepared to move the byte-compiled code somewhere. There
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222 are currently two versions of this package available. It can
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223 be obtained from@*
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224 @file{ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/}.
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225 Be sure to apply the supplied patch. It works with Gnus through
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226 version 5.0.9. In order for all dependencies to work correctly
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227 the load sequence is as follows:
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228 @lisp
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229 (load "tm-setup")
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230 (load "gnus")
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231 (load "mime-compose")
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232 @end lisp
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233
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234 @emph{NOTE:} Loading the package disables citation highlighting by
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235 default. To get the old behavior back, use the @kbd{M-t} command.
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236
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237 @end itemize
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238
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239 @end itemize
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240
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241
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242 @node Customization FAQ
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243 @subsection Customization
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244
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245 @itemize @bullet
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246 @item
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247 Q2.1 Custom Edit does not work under XEmacs
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248
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249 The custom package has not been ported to XEmacs.
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252 @item
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253 Q2.2 How do I quote messages?
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256 how to have Gnus do it for me.
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258 This is Gnus, so there are a number of ways of doing this. You can use
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259 the built-in commands to do this. There are the @kbd{F} and @kbd{R}
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260 keys from the summary buffer which automatically include the article
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261 being responded to. These commands are also selectable as @i{Followup
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262 and Yank} and @i{Reply and Yank} in the Post menu.
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264 @kbd{C-c C-y} grabs the previous message and prefixes each line with
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265 @code{ail-indentation-spaces} spaces or @code{mail-yank-prefix} if that is
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266 non-nil, unless you have set your own @code{mail-citation-hook}, which will
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267 be called to to do the job.
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269 You might also consider the Supercite package, which allows for pretty
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270 arbitrarily complex quoting styles. Some people love it, some people
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271 hate it.
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274 @item
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275 Q2.3 How can I keep my nnvirtual:* groups sorted?
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277 How can I most efficiently arrange matters so as to keep my nnvirtual:*
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278 (etc) groups at the top of my group selection buffer, whilst keeping
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279 everything sorted in alphabetical order.
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281 If you don't subscribe often to new groups then the easiest way is to
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282 first sort the groups and then manually kill and yank the virtuals
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283 wherever you want them.
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285
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286 @item
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287 Q2.4 Any good suggestions on stuff for an all.SCORE file?
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289 Here is a collection of suggestions from the Gnus mailing list.
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291 @enumerate
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292 @item
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293 From ``Dave Disser'' <disser@@sdd.hp.com>@*
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294 I like blasting anything without lowercase letters. Weeds out most of
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295 the make $$ fast, as well as the lame titles like ``IBM'' and ``HP-UX''
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296 with no further description.
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297 @lisp
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298 (("Subject"
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299 ("^\\(Re: \\)?[^a-z]*$" -200 nil R)))
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300 @end lisp
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302 @item
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303 From ``Peter Arius'' <arius@@immd2.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>@*
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304 The most vital entries in my (still young) all.SCORE:
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305 @lisp
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306 (("xref"
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307 ("alt.fan.oj-simpson" -1000 nil s))
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308 ("subject"
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309 ("\\<\\(make\\|fast\\|big\\)\\s-*\\(money\\|cash\\|bucks?\\)\\>" -1000 nil r)
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310 ("$$$$" -1000 nil s)))
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311 @end lisp
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312
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313 @item
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314 From ``Per Abrahamsen'' <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk>@*
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315 @lisp
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316 (("subject"
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317 ;; CAPS OF THE WORLD, UNITE
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318 ("^..[^a-z]+$" -1 nil R)
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319 ;; $$$ Make Money $$$ (Try work)
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320 ("$" -1 nil s)
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321 ;; I'm important! And I have exclamation marks to prove it!
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322 ("!" -1 nil s)))
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323 @end lisp
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324
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325 @item
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326 From ``heddy boubaker'' <boubaker@@cenatls.cena.dgac.fr>@*
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327 I would like to contribute with mine.
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328 @lisp
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329 (
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330 (read-only t)
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331 ("subject"
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332 ;; ALL CAPS SUBJECTS
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333 ("^\\([Rr][Ee]: +\\)?[^a-z]+$" -1 nil R)
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334 ;; $$$ Make Money $$$
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335 ("$$" -10 nil s)
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336 ;; Empty subjects are worthless!
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337 ("^ *\\([(<]none[>)]\\|(no subject\\( given\\)?)\\)? *$" -10 nil r)
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338 ;; Sometimes interesting announces occur!
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339 ("ANN?OU?NC\\(E\\|ING\\)" +10 nil r)
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340 ;; Some people think they're on mailing lists
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341 ("\\(un\\)?sub?scribe" -100 nil r)
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342 ;; Stop Micro$oft NOW!!
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343 ("\\(m\\(icro\\)?[s$]\\(oft\\|lot\\)?-?\\)?wind?\\(ows\\|aube\\|oze\\)?[- ]*\\('?95\\|NT\\|3[.]1\\|32\\)" -1001 nil r)
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344 ;; I've nothing to buy
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345 ("\\(for\\|4\\)[- ]*sale" -100 nil r)
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346 ;; SELF-DISCIPLINED people
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347 ("\\[[^a-z0-9 \t\n][^a-z0-9 \t\n]\\]" +100 nil r)
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348 )
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349 ("from"
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350 ;; To keep track of posters from my site
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351 (".dgac.fr" +1000 nil s))
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352 ("followup"
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353 ;; Keep track of answers to my posts
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354 ("boubaker" +1000 nil s))
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355 ("lines"
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356 ;; Some people have really nothing to say!!
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357 (1 -10 nil <=))
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358 (mark -100)
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359 (expunge -1000)
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360 )
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361 @end lisp
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362
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363 @item
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364 From ``Christopher Jones'' <cjones@@au.oracle.com>@*
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365 The sample @file{all.SCORE} files from Per and boubaker could be
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366 augmented with:
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367 @lisp
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368 (("subject"
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369 ;; No junk mail please!
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370 ("please ignore" -500 nil s)
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371 ("test" -500 nil e))
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372 )
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373 @end lisp
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374
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375 @item
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376 From ``Brian Edmonds'' <edmonds@@cs.ubc.ca>@*
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377 Augment any of the above with a fast method of scoring down
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378 excessively cross posted articles.
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379 @lisp
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380 ("xref"
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381 ;; the more cross posting, the exponentially worse the article
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382 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -1 nil r)
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383 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -2 nil r)
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384 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -4 nil r)
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385 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -8 nil r)
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386 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -16 nil r)
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387 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -32 nil r)
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388 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -64 nil r)
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389 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -128 nil r)
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390 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -256 nil r)
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391 ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -512 nil r))
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392 @end lisp
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393
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394 @end enumerate
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395
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396
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397 @item
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398 Q2.5 What do I use to yank-through when replying?
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399
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400 You should probably reply and followup with @kbd{R} and @kbd{F}, instead
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401 of @kbd{r} and @kbd{f}, which solves your problem. But you could try
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402 something like:
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403
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404 @example
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405 (defconst mail-yank-ignored-headers
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406 "^.*:"
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407 "Delete these headers from old message when it's inserted in a reply.")
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408 @end example
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410
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411 @item
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412 Q2.6 I don't like the default WWW browser
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413
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414 Now when choosing an URL Gnus starts up a W3 buffer, I would like it
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415 to always use Netscape (I don't browse in text-mode ;-).
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416
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417 @enumerate
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418 @item
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419 Activate `Customize...' from the `Help' menu.
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420
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421 @item
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422 Scroll down to the `WWW Browser' field.
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423
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424 @item
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425 Click `mouse-2' on `WWW Browser'.
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426
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427 @item
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428 Select `Netscape' from the pop up menu.
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429
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430 @item
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431 Press `C-c C-c'
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432
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433 @end enumerate
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434
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435 If you are using XEmacs then to specify Netscape do
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436 @lisp
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437 (setq gnus-button-url 'gnus-netscape-open-url)
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438 @end lisp
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439
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440
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441 @item
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442 Q2.7 What, if any, relation is between ``ask-server'' and ``(setq
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443 gnus-read-active-file 'some)''?
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444
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445 In order for Gnus to show you the complete list of newsgroups, it will
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446 either have to either store the list locally, or ask the server to
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447 transmit the list. You enable the first with
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448
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449 @lisp
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450 (setq gnus-save-killed-list t)
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451 @end lisp
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452
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453 and the second with
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455 @lisp
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456 (setq gnus-read-active-file t)
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457 @end lisp
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458
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459 If both are disabled, Gnus will not know what newsgroups exists. There
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460 is no option to get the list by casting a spell.
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461
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462
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463 @item
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464 Q2.8 Moving between groups is slow.
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465
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466 Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> writes:@*
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467
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468 Do you call @code{define-key} or something like that in one of the
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469 summary mode hooks? This would force Emacs to recalculate the keyboard
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470 shortcuts. Removing the call should speed up @kbd{M-x gnus-summary-mode
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471 RET} by a couple of orders of magnitude. You can use
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472
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473 @lisp
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474 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map KEY COMMAND)
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475 @end lisp
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476
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477 in your @file{.gnus} instead.
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478
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479 @end itemize
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481
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482 @node Reading News FAQ
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483 @subsection Reading News
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484
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485 @itemize @bullet
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486 @item
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487 Q3.1 How do I convert my kill files to score files?
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488
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489 A kill-to-score translator was written by Ethan Bradford
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490 <ethanb@@ptolemy.astro.washington.edu>. It is available from@*
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491 @file{http://baugi.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding-various/gnus-kill-to-score.el}.
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494 @item
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495 Q3.2 My news server has a lot of groups, and killing groups is painfully
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496 slow.
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497
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498 Don't do that then. The best way to get rid of groups that should be
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499 dead is to edit your newsrc directly. This problem will be addressed
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500 in the near future.
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503 @item
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504 Q3.3 How do I use an NNTP server with authentication?
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506 Put the following into your .gnus:
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507 @lisp
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508 (add-hook 'nntp-server-opened-hook 'nntp-send-authinfo)
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509 @end lisp
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510
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511
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512 @item
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513 Q3.4 Not reading the first article.
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514
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515 How do I avoid reading the first article when a group is selected?
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516
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517 @enumerate
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518 @item
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519 Use @kbd{RET} to select the group instead of @kbd{SPC}.
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520
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521 @item
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522 @code{(setq gnus-auto-select first nil)}
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523
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524 @item
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525 Luis Fernandes <elf@@mailhost.ee.ryerson.ca>writes:@*
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526 This is what I use...customize as necessary...
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527
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528 @lisp
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529 ;;; Don't auto-select first article if reading sources, or archives or
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530 ;;; jobs postings, etc. and just display the summary buffer
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531 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
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532 (lambda ()
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533 (cond ((string-match "sources" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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534 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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535 ((string-match "jobs" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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536 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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537 ((string-match "comp\\.archives" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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538 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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539 ((string-match "reviews" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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540 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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541 ((string-match "announce" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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542 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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543 ((string-match "binaries" gnus-newsgroup-name)
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544 (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
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545 (t
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546 (setq gnus-auto-select-first t)))))
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547 @end lisp
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548
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549 @item
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550 Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> writes:@*
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551 Another possibility is to create an @file{all.binaries.all.SCORE} file
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552 like this:
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553
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554 @lisp
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555 ((local
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556 (gnus-auto-select-first nil)))
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557 @end lisp
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558
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559 and insert
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560 @lisp
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561 (setq gnus-auto-select-first t)
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562 @end lisp
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563
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564 in your @file{.gnus}.
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565
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566 @end enumerate
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567
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568 @item
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569 Q3.5 Why aren't BBDB known posters marked in the summary buffer?
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570
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571 Brian Edmonds <edmonds@@cs.ubc.ca> writes:@*
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572 Due to changes in Gnus 5.0, @file{bbdb-gnus.el} no longer marks known
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573 posters in the summary buffer. An updated version, @file{gnus-bbdb.el}
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574 is available at the locations listed below. This package also supports
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575 autofiling of incoming mail to folders specified in the BBDB. Extensive
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576 instructions are included as comments in the file.
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577
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578 Send mail to @file{majordomo@@edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca} with the following
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579 line in the body of the message: @emph{get misc gnus-bbdb.el}.
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580
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581 Or get it from the World Wide Web:@*
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582 @file{http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/gnus-bbdb.el}.
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583
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584 @end itemize
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585
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586
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587 @node Reading Mail FAQ
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588 @subsection Reading Mail
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589
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590 @itemize @bullet
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591 @item
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592 Q4.1 What does the message ``Buffer has changed on disk'' mean in a mail
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593 group?
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594
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595 Your filter program should not deliver mail directly to your folders,
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596 instead it should put the mail into spool files. Gnus will then move
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597 the mail safely from the spool files into the folders. This will
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598 eliminate the problem. Look it up in the manual, in the section
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599 entitled ``Mail & Procmail''.
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601
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602 @item
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603 Q4.2 How do you make articles un-expirable?
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604
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605 I am using nnml to read news and have used
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606 @code{gnus-auto-expirable-newsgroups} to automagically expire articles
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607 in some groups (Gnus being one of them). Sometimes there are
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608 interesting articles in these groups that I want to keep. Is there any
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609 way of explicitly marking an article as un-expirable - that is mark it
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610 as read but not expirable?
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611
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612 Use @kbd{u}, @kbd{!}, @kbd{d} or @kbd{M-u} in the summary buffer. You
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613 just remove the @kbd{E} mark by setting some other mark. It's not
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614 necessary to tick the articles.
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617 @item
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618 Q4.3 How do I delete bogus nnml: groups?
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619
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620 My problem is that I have various mail (nnml) groups generated while
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621 experimenting with Gnus. How do I remove them now? Setting the level to
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622 9 does not help. Also @code{gnus-group-check-bogus-groups} does not
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623 recognize them.
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624
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625 Removing mail groups is tricky at the moment. (It's on the to-do list,
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626 though.) You basically have to kill the groups in Gnus, shut down Gnus,
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627 edit the active file to exclude these groups, and probably remove the
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628 nnml directories that contained these groups as well. Then start Gnus
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629 back up again.
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633 Q4.4 What happened to my new mail groups?
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635 I got new mail, but I have
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636 never seen the groups they should have been placed in.
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638 They are probably there, but as zombies. Press @kbd{A z} to list
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639 zombie groups, and then subscribe to the groups you want with @kbd{u}.
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640 This is all documented quite nicely in the user's manual.
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644 Q4.5 Not scoring mail groups
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646 How do you @emph{totally} turn off scoring in mail groups?
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647
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648 Use an nnbabyl:all.SCORE (or nnmh, or nnml, or whatever) file containing:
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650 @example
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651 ((adapt ignore)
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652 (local (gnus-use-scoring nil))
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653 (exclude-files "all.SCORE"))
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654 @end example
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656 @end itemize
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