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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Installation changes in No Gnus
24 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
26 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
27 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
28 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
29 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
30 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
31 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
32 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
35 @item Lisp files are now installed in .../site-lisp/gnus/ by default.
36 It defaulted to .../site-lisp/ formerly. In addition to this, the new
37 installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will
38 shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows
39 manually or remove them using @samp{make remove-installed-shadows}.
43 @item Major new features in No Gnus
46 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
47 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
48 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn
49 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
51 @item Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
53 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
54 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
55 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
58 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
60 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
61 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it.
63 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
65 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
66 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
67 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
68 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
69 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user
70 about whether to do so.
72 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
75 @item Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
77 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.
78 See the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use
79 @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
81 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
82 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
83 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}.
85 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
86 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary
89 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
90 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
92 @item URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your
93 PGP key ring when you click on them.
97 @item Changes in back ends
100 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
102 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
103 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
104 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
105 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
106 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
107 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
108 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
111 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
112 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
114 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
116 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
117 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
119 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
120 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
121 supported. @xref{RSS}.
123 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
127 @item Changes in Message
130 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
131 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
132 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
134 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
135 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables,
136 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
138 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
139 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
140 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
142 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip}
143 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}.
147 @item Other changes in No Gnus
151 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
152 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}.
154 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
157 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
158 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
160 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
161 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
163 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
164 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
165 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}.
167 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in
168 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be
169 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and
170 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
172 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
173 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
174 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
176 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
177 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
178 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
179 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from
180 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
181 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
183 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
184 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
186 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
187 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
188 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
189 Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
190 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
193 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
194 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
195 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages.
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