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@node FAQ - Changes
@subheading Changes

Which version of Emacs do I need?

@subsubheading Answer

Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater
than or equal to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1. The
development versions of Gnus (aka No Gnus) require Emacs
21 or XEmacs 21.4.

@node [1.7]
@subsubheading Question 1.7

How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?

from using them):

@example
(setq nnmail-split-methods
  '(("duplicates" "^Gnus-Warning:.*duplicate")
    ("XEmacs-NT" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@xemacs.bla.*")
    ("Gnus-Tut" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@socha.bla.*")
    ("tcsh" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@mx.gw.bla.*")
    ("BAfH" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@.*uni-muenchen.bla.*")
    ("Hamster-src" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*hamster-sourcen@@yahoogroups.\\(de\\|com\\).*")
    ("Tagesschau" "^From: tagesschau <localpart@@www.tagesschau.bla>$")
    ("Replies" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@Frank-Schmitt.bla.*")
    ("EK" "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.bla\\|localpart@@workplace.bla\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Content-Type:.*\\(ks_c_5601-1987\\|EUC-KR\\|big5\\|iso-2022-jp\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(This really work\\|XINGA\\|ADV:\\|XXX\\|adult\\|sex\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(\=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?\\|\=\?euc-kr\?\\|\=\?big5\?\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*BulkMailer.*\\|.*MIME::Lite.*\\|\\)")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*CyberCreek Avalanche\\|.*http\:\/\/GetResponse\.com\\)")
    ("Spam" "^From:.*\\(verizon\.net\\|prontomail\.com\\|money\\|ConsumerDirect\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Delivered-To: GMX delivery to spamtrap@@gmx.bla$")
    ("Spam" "^Received: from link2buy.com")
    ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.bla")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA")
    ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.bla.*")
    ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.bla\\|adress@@two.bla\\)")
    ("Spam" "")))
@end example
@noindent

@node FAQ 5 - Composing messages

@example
(setq gnus-posting-styles
  '((".*"
     (name "Frank Schmitt")
     (address "me@@there.bla")
     (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
     (signature-file "~/.signature")
     ("X-SampleHeader" "foobar")
     (eval (setq some-variable "Foo bar")))))
@end example

of this put general settings at the top and specific ones
at the bottom.

@example
(setq gnus-posting-styles
  '((".*"  ;;default
     (name "Frank Schmitt")
     (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
     (signature-file "~/.signature")    )
    ((message-news-p)  ;;Usenet news?
     (address "mySpamTrap@@Frank-Schmitt.bla")
     ("Reply-To" "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.bla")    )
    ((message-mail-p)  ;;mail?
     (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.bla")    )
    ("^gmane" ;;this is mail, too in fact
     (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.net")
     ("Reply-To" nil)    )
    ("^gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general$"
     (eval (setq mail-envelope-from "Azzrael@@rz-online.de"))
     (address "Azzrael@@rz-online.de")) ))
@end example
@noindent

@node [5.5]
@subsubheading Question 5.5

There's an very basic solution for this, mail aliases.
You can store your mail addresses in a ~/.mailrc file using a simple
alias syntax:

@example
alias al	"Al <al@@english-heritage.bla>"
@end example
@noindent

Then typing your alias (followed by a space or punctuation
character) on a To: or Cc: line in the message buffer will

;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the 
;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying
(setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil)
;;Tell bbdb about your email address:
(setq bbdb-user-mail-names
      (regexp-opt '("Your.Email@@here.bla"
                    "Your.other@@mail.there.bla")))
;;cycling while completing email addresses
(setq bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling t)
;;No popup-buffers
(setq bbdb-use-pop-up nil)
@end example

@example
(setq message-default-headers
        (with-temp-buffer
          (insert "X-Face: ")
          (insert-file-contents "~/.xemacs/xface")
          (buffer-string)))
@end example
@noindent

in ~/.gnus.el.

@node [5.9]
@subsubheading Question 5.9

Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in

Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?

@subsubheading Answer

There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (pull it from
e.g. news.gnus.org) which deals with general questions and the
ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) dealing with development of
Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
gmane.emacs.gnus.general from news.gmane.org.

If you want to stay in the big8,
news.software.newssreaders is also read by some Gnus
users (but chances for qualified help are much better in
the above groups) and if you speak German, there's

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@node FAQ - Changes
@subheading Changes

Which version of Emacs do I need?

@subsubheading Answer

Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater than or equal
to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1.
The development versions of Gnus (aka No Gnus) requires Emacs 21
or XEmacs 21.4.

@node [1.7]
@subsubheading Question 1.7

How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?

from using them):

@example
(setq nnmail-split-methods
  '(("duplicates" "^Gnus-Warning:.*duplicate")
    ("XEmacs-NT" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@xemacs.invalid.*")
    ("Gnus-Tut" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@socha.invalid.*")
    ("tcsh" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@mx.gw.invalid.*")
    ("BAfH" "^\\(To:\\|CC:\\).*localpart@@.*uni-muenchen.invalid.*")
    ("Hamster-src" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*hamster-sourcen@@yahoogroups.\\(de\\|com\\).*")
    ("Tagesschau" "^From: tagesschau <localpart@@www.tagesschau.invalid>$")
    ("Replies" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid.*")
    ("EK" "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.invalid\\|localpart@@workplace.invalid\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Content-Type:.*\\(ks_c_5601-1987\\|EUC-KR\\|big5\\|iso-2022-jp\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(This really work\\|XINGA\\|ADV:\\|XXX\\|adult\\|sex\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(\=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?\\|\=\?euc-kr\?\\|\=\?big5\?\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*BulkMailer.*\\|.*MIME::Lite.*\\|\\)")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*CyberCreek Avalanche\\|.*http\:\/\/GetResponse\.com\\)")
    ("Spam" "^From:.*\\(verizon\.net\\|prontomail\.com\\|money\\|ConsumerDirect\\).*")
    ("Spam" "^Delivered-To: GMX delivery to spamtrap@@gmx.invalid$")
    ("Spam" "^Received: from link2buy.com")
    ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.invalid")
    ("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA")
    ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.invalid.*")
    ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|adress@@two.invalid\\)")
    ("Spam" "")))
@end example
@noindent

@node FAQ 5 - Composing messages

@example
(setq gnus-posting-styles
  '((".*"
     (name "Frank Schmitt")
     (address "me@@there.invalid")
     (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
     (signature-file "~/.signature")
     ("X-SampleHeader" "foobar")
     (eval (setq some-variable "Foo bar")))))
@end example

of this put general settings at the top and specific ones
at the bottom.

@example
(setq gnus-posting-styles
      '((".*" ;;default
         (name "Frank Schmitt")
         (organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
         (signature-file "~/.signature"))
        ((message-news-p) ;;Usenet news?
         (address "mySpamTrap@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid")
         (reply-to "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid"))
        ((message-mail-p) ;;mail?
         (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid"))
        ("^gmane" ;;this is mail, too in fact
         (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.invalid")
         (reply-to nil))
        ("^gmane\\.mail\\.spam\\.spamassassin\\.general$"
         (eval (set (make-local-variable 'message-sendmail-envelope-from)
                    "Azzrael@@rz-online.de")))))
@end example
@noindent

@node [5.5]
@subsubheading Question 5.5

There's an very basic solution for this, mail aliases.
You can store your mail addresses in a ~/.mailrc file using a simple
alias syntax:

@example
alias al	"Al <al@@english-heritage.invalid>"
@end example
@noindent

Then typing your alias (followed by a space or punctuation
character) on a To: or Cc: line in the message buffer will

;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the 
;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying
(setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil)
;;Tell bbdb about your email address:
(setq bbdb-user-mail-names
      (regexp-opt '("Your.Email@@here.invalid"
                    "Your.other@@mail.there.invalid")))
;;cycling while completing email addresses
(setq bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling t)
;;No popup-buffers
(setq bbdb-use-pop-up nil)
@end example

@example
(setq message-default-headers
        (with-temp-buffer
          (insert "X-Face: ")
          (insert-file-contents "~/.xface")
          (buffer-string)))
@end example
@noindent

in ~/.gnus.el.  If you use Gnus 5.10, you can simply add an entry

@example
(x-face-file "~/.xface")
@end example
@noindent

to gnus-posting-styles.

@node [5.9]
@subsubheading Question 5.9

Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in

Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?

@subsubheading Answer

There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus
(also available as
@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user, 
gmane.emacs.gnus.user})
which deals with general Gnus questions.
The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general, 
gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.

If you want to stay in the big8,
news.software.newssreaders is also read by some Gnus
users (but chances for qualified help are much better in
the above groups) and if you speak German, there's