@c \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c Uncomment 1st line before texing this file alone.
@c %**start of header
-@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
-@c 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@c
-@c Do not modify this file, it was generated from gnus-faq.xml, available from
-@c <URL:http://my.gnus.org/FAQ/>.
+@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@setfilename gnus-faq.info
@settitle Frequently Asked Questions
@section Frequently Asked Questions
@menu
-* FAQ - Changes::
+* FAQ - Changes::
* FAQ - Introduction:: About Gnus and this FAQ.
* FAQ 1 - Installation FAQ:: Installation of Gnus.
* FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer:: Start up questions and the
@subheading Abstract
This is the new Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list.
-If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at
-@uref{http://my.gnus.org/FAQ/},
-the Docbook source is available from
-@uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnus/, http://sourceforge.net}.
-
-Please submit features and suggestions to the
-@email{faq-discuss@@my.gnus.org, FAQ discussion list}.
-The list is protected against junk mail with
-@uref{http://smarden.org/qconfirm/index.html, qconfirm}. As
-a subscriber, your submissions will automatically pass. You can
-also subscribe to the list by sending a blank email to
-@email{faq-discuss-subscribe@@my.gnus.org, faq-discuss-subscribe@@my.gnus.org}
-and @uref{http://mail1.kens.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse?command=monthbythread%26list=faq-discuss, browse
-the archive (BROKEN)}.
+
+Please submit features and suggestions to the
+@email{ding@@gnus.org, ding list}.
@node FAQ - Changes
@subheading Changes
job with this FAQ before him. We would like to do the same - thanks,
Justin!
-If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at:
-@uref{http://my.gnus.org/FAQ/}.
This version is much nicer than the unofficial hypertext
versions that are archived at Utrecht, Oxford, Smart Pages, Ohio
State, and other FAQ archives. See the resources question below
The information contained here was compiled with the assistance
of the Gnus development mailing list, and any errors or
-misprints are the my.gnus.org team's fault, sorry.
+misprints are the Gnus team's fault, sorry.
@node FAQ 1 - Installation FAQ
@subsection Installation FAQ
21 is outdated).
You can get the latest released version of Gnus from
@uref{http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz}
-or via anonymous FTP from
+or via anonymous FTP from
@uref{ftp://ftp.gnus.org/pub/gnus/gnus.tar.gz}.
@node FAQ 1-4
@subsubheading Answer
-Untar it via @samp{tar xvzf gnus.tar.gz} and do the common
+Untar it via @samp{tar xvzf gnus.tar.gz} and do the common
@samp{./configure; make; make install} circle.
(under MS-Windows either get the Cygwin environment from
@uref{http://www.cygwin.com}
@subsubheading Answer
This message means that the last time you used Gnus, it
-wasn't properly exited and therefor couldn't write its
-informations to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you
-are now asked if you want to restore those informations
+wasn't properly exited and therefore couldn't write its
+information to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you
+are now asked if you want to restore that information
from the auto-save file.
To prevent this message make sure you exit Gnus
@subsection Getting Messages
@menu
-* FAQ 3-1:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus}
+* FAQ 3-1:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus}
but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
* FAQ 3-2:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what
~/.gnus.el means.
@node FAQ 3-1
@subsubheading Question 3.1
-I just installed Gnus, started it via
-@samp{M-x gnus}
+I just installed Gnus, started it via
+@samp{M-x gnus}
but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
@subsubheading Answer
The ~/ means the home directory where Gnus and Emacs look
for the configuration files. However, you don't really
need to know what this means, it suffices that Emacs knows
-what it means :-) You can type
-@samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET }
+what it means :-) You can type
+@samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET }
(yes, with the forward slash, even on Windows), and
Emacs will open the right file for you. (It will most
likely be new, and thus empty.)
However, I'd discourage you from doing so, since the
directory Emacs chooses will most certainly not be what
-you want, so let's do it the correct way.
+you want, so let's do it the correct way.
The first thing you've got to do is to
create a suitable directory (no blanks in directory name
please) e.g. c:\myhome. Then you must set the environment
.
Make sure that the file isn't readable to others if you
work on a OS which is capable of doing so. (Under Unix
-say
+say
@example
chmod 600 ~/.authinfo
@end example
Some providers allow restricted anonymous access and full
access only after authorization. To make Gnus send authinfo
-to those servers append
+to those servers append
@example
force yes
@end example
@noindent
-
+
to the line for those servers in ~/.authinfo.
@node FAQ 3-6
it should store the mail, in Gnus terminology which back end
to use. Gnus supports many different back ends, the most
commonly used one is nnml. It stores every mail in one file
-and is therefor quite fast. However you might prefer a one
+and is therefore quite fast. However you might prefer a one
file per group approach if your file system has problems with
many small files, the nnfolder back end is then probably the
choice for you. To use nnml add the following to ~/.gnus.el:
@end example
@noindent
-Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get it's mail from. If
+Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get its mail from. If
it's a POP3 server, then you need something like this:
@example
@subsubheading Answer
-If you enter the group by saying
+If you enter the group by saying
@samp{RET}
in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say
@samp{C-u RET}
(setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some)
@end example
@noindent
-
+
in ~/.gnus.el to load enough old articles to prevent teared threads, replace 'some with t to load
-all articles (Warning: Both settings enlarge the amount of data which is
+all articles (Warning: Both settings enlarge the amount of data which is
fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group).
-If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say
-@samp{/o N}
+If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say
+@samp{/o N}
In summary buffer to load the last N messages, this feature is not available in 5.8.8
If you don't want all old messages, but the parent of the message you're just reading,
@subsubheading Answer
-Say @samp{t}
+Say @samp{t}
to show all headers, one more
-@samp{t}
+@samp{t}
hides them again.
@node FAQ 4-4
@subsubheading Answer
-Say
-@samp{C-u g}
+Say
+@samp{C-u g}
to show the raw message
-@samp{g}
+@samp{g}
returns to normal view.
@node FAQ 4-5
projects / gnus / blobdiff