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* Changes in Oort Gnus
+** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles
+
+Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft
+mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even
+though it is not quoted in any way. The variable
+`gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp' matches the start of these
+citations.
+
+** gnus-article-skip-boring
+
+If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to t, then Gnus will not scroll
+down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by
+default means cited text and signature. You can customize what is
+skippable using `gnus-article-boring-faces'.
+
+This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that
+consist of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed
+message cited below.
+
+** The format spec %C for positioning point has changed to %*.
+
+** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters.
+
+Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the
+parameters in ~/.newsrc.eld, but via this variable you can enjoy the
+powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable
+in ~/.emacs instead of ~/.newsrc.eld. The variable maps regular
+expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la:
+
+ (setq gnus-parameters
+ '(("mail\\..*"
+ (gnus-show-threads nil)
+ (gnus-use-scoring nil))
+ ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$"
+ (to-group . "\\1"))))
+
+** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too.
+
+Put (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) in ~/.emacs to disable it.
+
+** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically.
+
+Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was
+different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing
+algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversally) the
+only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to
+cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead,
+see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by
+default. See the variables `message-required-headers',
+`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'.
+
+** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el.
+
+Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: <old subject>)" from
+subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query'). C-c M-m and
+C-c M-f inserts markers indicating included text. C-c C-f a adds a
+X-No-Archive: header. C-c C-f x inserts appropriate headers and a
+note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables
+`message-cross-post-*').
+
+** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you
+ start composing messages.
+
+** Improved anti-spam features.
+
+Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams
+using a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported
+methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks
+for easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash
+are also new.
+
+** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers.
+
+** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and
+/ o inserts old messages.
+
** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m.
** Unread count correct in nnimap groups.
** gnus-agent
-The Gnus Agent is now enabled by default, and all nntp and nnimap
-servers from gnus-select-method and gnus-secondary-select-method are
-agentized by default. Earlier only the server in gnus-select-method
-was agentized by the default, and the agent was disabled by default.
-When the agent is enabled, headers are now also retrieved from the
-Agent cache instead of the backends when possible. Earlier this only
-happened in the unplugged state. You can enroll or remove servers
-with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. Gnus will not download
-articles into the Agent cache, unless you instruct it to do so,
-though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group buffer. You revert to
-the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled with `(setq gnus-agent
-nil)'. Note that putting (gnus-agentize) in ~/.gnus is not needed any
-more.
+The Gnus Agent has seen a major updated and is now enabled by default,
+and all nntp and nnimap servers from gnus-select-method and
+gnus-secondary-select-method are agentized by default. Earlier only
+the server in gnus-select-method was agentized by the default, and the
+agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are
+now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the backends when
+possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can
+enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer.
+Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you
+instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group
+buffer. You revert to the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled
+with `(setq gnus-agent nil)'. Note that putting (gnus-agentize) in
+~/.gnus is not needed any more.
** gnus-summary-line-format
((header "to" "larsi.*org")
(Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
-The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
+The old format like the lines below is obsolete, but still accepted.
(header "to" "larsi.*org"
(Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
-This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
-used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
-cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
-`message-insert-canlock'.
+This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
+used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for cancelling and
+superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time
+you post a message, and saves it in your ~/.emacs using the Custom
+system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not
+security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web
+will not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do.
+The behaviour can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'.
** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
-** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
-renamed to "Gnus".
+** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has
+been renamed to "Gnus".
-** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
+** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
"Attachments".
** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP/MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
-S/MIME (RFC 2630-2633).
+** S/MIME (RFC 2630-2633).
+It needs an external S/MIME and OpenPGP implementation, but no additional
+lisp libraries.
** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
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