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* Changes in No Gnus

** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.

If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
to this version.  In particular, you will probably want to remove the
`~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
read from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file,
where this release will store flags for nntp.  See a later entry for
more information about nntp marks.  Note that downgrading isn't safe
in general.

** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.

The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (backend)
variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'.  The advantage of this is that you can
copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus
installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and
marked.  The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data
in `~/.newsrc.eld'.

** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
`gnus-picon-style'

** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
*Note RSS::.

** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
format=flowed messages.  Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
inline PGP signed messages.

** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.

** `/ r' limits the summary buffer to replied articles.

** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.

ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').

** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.

This provide a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs.  The
user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation,
include support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM.

** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.

The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
when the server support it.

** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el.

It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout
of 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry').  If PGG is used as the
PGP backend, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism.
Passwords for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism,
after quering the user about whether to do so.

** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.

By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can
customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.

** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.

** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
header.  This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.


* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".

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