@c Insert "\input texinfo" at 1st line before texing this file alone.
@c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@setfilename gnus-faq.info
@c Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ - Introduction, Emacs for Heathens, Top
@c @chapter Frequently Asked Questions
@section Frequently Asked Questions
+@cindex FAQ
+@cindex Frequently Asked Questions
@c - Uncomment @chapter, comment @section
@c - run (texinfo-every-node-update)
@menu
* FAQ - Introduction:: About Gnus and this FAQ.
* FAQ 1 - Installation:: Installation of Gnus.
-* FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer:: Start up questions and the first buffer Gnus shows you.
+* FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer:: Start up questions and the first
+ buffer Gnus shows you.
* FAQ 3 - Getting messages:: Making Gnus read your mail and news.
* FAQ 4 - Reading messages:: How to efficiently read messages.
* FAQ 5 - Composing messages:: Composing mails or Usenet postings.
-* FAQ 6 - Old messages:: Importing, archiving, searching and deleting messages.
+* FAQ 6 - Old messages:: Importing, archiving, searching
+ and deleting messages.
* FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment:: Reading mail and news while offline.
* FAQ 8 - Getting help:: When this FAQ isn't enough.
* FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus:: How to make Gnus faster.
Please submit features and suggestions to the
- @uref{mailto:faq-discuss@@my.gnus.org,FAQ discussion list}.
+ @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
+ @uref{http://smarden.org/qconfirm/index.html,qconfirm, 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}
- and @uref{http://mail1.kens.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse?command=monthbythread%26list=faq-discuss,browse the archive}.
+ and
+ @uref{http://mail1.kens.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse?command=monthbythread%26list=faq-discuss,browse
+ the archive, browse the archive}.
@node FAQ - Introduction, FAQ 1 - Installation, Frequently Asked Questions, Frequently Asked Questions
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
Justin!
- If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at:
+ 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
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 1 - Installation, FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer, FAQ - Introduction, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Installation
+@subsection Installation
@menu
-* [1.1]:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
-* [1.2]:: What's new in 5.10.0?
-* [1.3]:: Where and how to get Gnus?
-* [1.4]:: What to do with the tarball now?
-* [1.5]:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
-* [1.6]:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
+* [1.1]:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
+* [1.2]:: What's new in 5.10?
+* [1.3]:: Where and how to get Gnus?
+* [1.4]:: What to do with the tarball now?
+* [1.5]:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
+* [1.6]:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [1.1], [1.2], FAQ 1 - Installation, FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.1:
+@subsubheading Question 1.1:
What is the latest version of Gnus?
Answer:
- Jingle please: Gnus 5.10.0 is released, get it while it's
+ Jingle please: Gnus 5.10 is released, get it while it's
hot! As well as the step in version number is rather
small, Gnus 5.10 has tons of new features which you
shouldn't miss, however if you are cautious, you might
@ifnottex
@node [1.2], [1.3], [1.1], FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.2:
+@subsubheading Question 1.2:
-What's new in 5.10.0?
+What's new in 5.10?
Answer:
Major rewrite of the Gnus agent, Gnus agent is now
active by default.
-
+@item
Many new article washing functions for dealing with
ugly formatted articles.
-
+@item
Anti Spam features.
-
+@item
message-utils now included in Gnus.
-
+@item
New format specifiers for summary lines, e.g. %B for
a complex trn-style thread tree.
@ifnottex
@node [1.3], [1.4], [1.2], FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.3:
+@subsubheading Question 1.3:
Where and how to get Gnus?
@ifnottex
@node [1.4], [1.5], [1.3], FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.4:
+@subsubheading Question 1.4:
What to do with the tarball now?
@example
-
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/gnus/lisp")
(if (featurep 'xemacs)
(add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "/path/to/gnus/texi/")
(add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/path/to/gnus/texi/"))
-
@end example
@noindent
- Make sure that you don't have any gnus related stuff
+ Make sure that you don't have any Gnus related stuff
before this line, on MS Windows use something like
"C:/path/to/lisp" (yes, "/").
@ifnottex
@node [1.5], [1.6], [1.4], FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.5:
+@subsubheading Question 1.5:
Which version of Emacs do I need?
Answer:
- Gnus 5.10.0 requires an Emacs version that is greater
- than or equal to Emacs 20.3 or XEmacs 20.1.
+ Gnus 5.10 requires an Emacs version that is greater
+ than or equal to Emacs 20.7 or XEmacs 21.1.
@ifnottex
@node [1.6], , [1.5], FAQ 1 - Installation
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 1.6:
+@subsubheading Question 1.6:
How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer, FAQ 3 - Getting messages, FAQ 1 - Installation, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Startup / Group buffer
+@subsection Startup / Group buffer
@menu
-* [2.1]:: Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save file exists. Do you want to read it?", what does this mean and how to prevent it?
-* [2.2]:: Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to, what's this?
-* [2.3]:: How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
-* [2.4]:: My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to sort my groups into categories so I can easier browse through them?
-* [2.5]:: How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to sort the groups in a topic?
+* [2.1]:: Every time I start Gnus I get a message
+ "Gnus auto-save file exists. Do you want to read it?",
+ what does this mean and how to prevent it?
+* [2.2]:: Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to, what's this?
+* [2.3]:: How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
+* [2.4]:: My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to sort my
+ groups into categories so I can easier browse through them?
+* [2.5]:: How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to sort the
+ groups in a topic?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [2.1], [2.2], FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer, FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 2.1:
+@subsubheading Question 2.1:
Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save
file exists. Do you want to read it?", what does this mean
@ifnottex
@node [2.2], [2.3], [2.1], FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer
@end ifnottex
-@subsection [2.2]
-Question: 2.2
+@subsubheading Question: 2.2
Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
what's this?
@ifnottex
@node [2.3], [2.4], [2.2], FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 2.3:
+@subsubheading Question 2.3:
How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
@ifnottex
@node [2.4], [2.5], [2.3], FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 2.4:
+@subsubheading Question 2.4:
My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to
sort my groups into categories so I can easier browse
@ifnottex
@node [2.5], , [2.4], FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 2.5:
+@subsubheading Question 2.5:
How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
sort the groups in a topic?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 3 - Getting messages, FAQ 4 - Reading messages, FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Getting messages
+@subsection Getting messages
@menu
-* [3.1]:: I just installed Gnus, started it via M-x gnus but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
-* [3.2]:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus means.
-* [3.3]:: My news server requires authentication, how to store user name and password on disk?
-* [3.4]:: Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to subscribe to a group.
-* [3.5]:: Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed to post on this server as well as I am, what's that?
-* [3.6]:: I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this possible?
-* [3.7]:: And how about local spool files?
-* [3.8]:: OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read my mail with Gnus, too. How to do it?
-* [3.9]:: And what about IMAP?
-* [3.10]:: At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers, can I use Gnus to read my mail from it?
-* [3.11]:: Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it retrieves via POP3?
+* [3.1]:: I just installed Gnus, started it via M-x gnus but it only says
+ "nntp (news) open error", what to do?
+* [3.2]:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus means.
+* [3.3]:: My news server requires authentication, how to store user name
+ and password on disk?
+* [3.4]:: Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
+ subscribe to a group.
+* [3.5]:: Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed to
+ post on this server as well as I am, what's that?
+* [3.6]:: I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this possible?
+* [3.7]:: And how about local spool files?
+* [3.8]:: OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read my mail
+ with Gnus, too. How to do it?
+* [3.9]:: And what about IMAP?
+* [3.10]:: At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers,
+ can I use Gnus to read my mail from it?
+* [3.11]:: Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server
+ it retrieves via POP3?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [3.1], [3.2], FAQ 3 - Getting messages, FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.1:
+@subsubheading Question 3.1:
I just installed Gnus, started it via
@samp{M-x gnus}
@example
-
(setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.yourprovider.net"))
(setq user-mail-address "you@@yourprovider.net")
(setq user-full-name "Your Name")
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [3.2], [3.3], [3.1], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.2:
+@subsubheading Question 3.2:
I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus means.
@example
SET HOME=C:\myhome
-
+
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [3.3], [3.4], [3.2], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.3:
+@subsubheading Question 3.3:
My news server requires authentication, how to store
user name and password on disk?
@ifnottex
@node [3.4], [3.5], [3.3], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.4:
+@subsubheading Question 3.4:
Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
subscribe to a group.
@ifnottex
@node [3.5], [3.6], [3.4], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.5:
+@subsubheading Question 3.5:
Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed to
post on this server as well as I am, what's that?
@ifnottex
@node [3.6], [3.7], [3.5], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.6:
+@subsubheading Question 3.6:
I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this possible?
@example
-
-(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.yourSecondProvider.net"))
-(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.yourThirdProvider.net"))
-
+(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
+ '(nntp "news.yourSecondProvider.net"))
+(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
+ '(nntp "news.yourThirdProvider.net"))
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [3.7], [3.8], [3.6], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.7:
+@subsubheading Question 3.7:
And how about local spool files?
@example
-
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnspool ""))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool ""))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(nnspool "" (nnspool-directory "/usr/local/myspoolddir")))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [3.8], [3.9], [3.7], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.8:
+@subsubheading Question 3.8:
OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read my mail
with Gnus, too. How to do it?
@example
-
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnfolder ""))
-
@end example
@example
-
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(pop :server "pop.YourProvider.net"
:user "yourUserName"
- :password "yourPassword"))
-
+ :password "yourPassword")))
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
- '(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(file :path "/path/to/spool/file"))
-
+ '(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(file :path "/path/to/spool/file")))
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(maildir :path "/path/to/Maildir/"
:subdirs ("cur" "new")))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(directory :path "/path/to/procmail-dir/"
:suffix ".prcml"))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
(setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
(setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.yourProvider.net")
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [3.9], [3.10], [3.8], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.9:
+@subsubheading Question 3.9:
And what about IMAP?
@example
-
(add-to-list 'mail-sources '(imap :server "mail.mycorp.com"
:user "username"
:pass "password"
:authentication login
:mailbox "INBOX"
:fetchflag "\\Seen"))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
-(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
- '(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
- (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
- (nnimap-port 143)
- (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
-
+(add-to-list
+ 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
+ '(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
+ (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
+ (nnimap-port 143)
+ (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [3.10], [3.11], [3.9], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.10:
+@subsubheading Question 3.10:
At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers, can I use
Gnus to read my mail from it?
@ifnottex
@node [3.11], , [3.10], FAQ 3 - Getting messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 3.11:
+@subsubheading Question 3.11:
Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
retrieves via POP3?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 4 - Reading messages, FAQ 5 - Composing messages, FAQ 3 - Getting messages, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Reading messages
+@subsection Reading messages
@menu
-* [4.1]:: When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again?
-* [4.2]:: How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time I enter a group, even when it's read?
-* [4.3]:: How to view the headers of a message?
-* [4.4]:: How to view the raw unformatted message?
-* [4.5]:: How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at the top of the article buffer?
-* [4.6]:: I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the text part if it's available. How to do it?
-* [4.7]:: Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my HTML-mails?
-* [4.8]:: Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails more readable?
-* [4.9]:: Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific authors or with specific words in the subject? And can I highlight more interesting ones in some way?
-* [4.10]:: How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups, or set other variables specific for some groups?
-* [4.11]:: Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to those?
-* [4.12]:: The number of total messages in a group which Gnus displays in group buffer is by far to high, especially in mail groups. Is this a bug?
-* [4.13]:: I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer, how to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
-* [4.14]:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
-* [4.15]:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
+* [4.1]:: When I enter a group, all read messages are gone.
+ How to view them again?
+* [4.2]:: How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time
+ I enter a group, even when it's read?
+* [4.3]:: How to view the headers of a message?
+* [4.4]:: How to view the raw unformatted message?
+* [4.5]:: How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at the
+ top of the article buffer?
+* [4.6]:: I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
+ text part if it's available. How to do it?
+* [4.7]:: Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my HTML-mails?
+* [4.8]:: Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails
+ more readable?
+* [4.9]:: Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific authors
+ or with specific words in the subject? And can I highlight more
+ interesting ones in some way?
+* [4.10]:: How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups, or set
+ other variables specific for some groups?
+* [4.11]:: Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to those?
+* [4.12]:: The number of total messages in a group which Gnus displays in
+ group buffer is by far to high, especially in mail groups.
+ Is this a bug?
+* [4.13]:: I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer,
+ how to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
+* [4.14]:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
+* [4.15]:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [4.1], [4.2], FAQ 4 - Reading messages, FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.1:
+@subsubheading Question 4.1:
When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again?
If you enter the group by saying
@samp{RET}
- in summary buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say
+ in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say
@samp{C-u RET}
instead to load all available messages. If you want only the e.g. 300 newest say
@samp{C-u 300 RET}
@example
-
(setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some)
-
@end example
fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group).
- If you already use Gnus 5.10.0, you can say
+ 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
@ifnottex
@node [4.2], [4.3], [4.1], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.2:
+@subsubheading Question 4.2:
How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time I
enter a group, even when it's read?
@ifnottex
@node [4.3], [4.4], [4.2], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.3:
+@subsubheading Question 4.3:
How to view the headers of a message?
@ifnottex
@node [4.4], [4.5], [4.3], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.4:
+@subsubheading Question 4.4:
How to view the raw unformatted message?
@ifnottex
@node [4.5], [4.6], [4.4], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.5:
+@subsubheading Question 4.5:
How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
the top of the article buffer?
date, and if the header exists, Followup-To and MUA / NUA
say this in ~/.gnus:
-
@example
-
(setq gnus-visible-headers
-"^\\(From:\\|Subject:\\|Date:\\|Followup-To:\\|X-Newsreader:\\|User-Agent:\\|X-Mailer:\\)")
-
+ "^\\(From:\\|Subject:\\|Date:\\|Followup-To:\
+\\|X-Newsreader:\\|User-Agent:\\|X-Mailer:\\)")
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [4.6], [4.7], [4.5], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.6:
+@subsubheading Question 4.6:
I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
text part if it's available. How to do it?
@example
-
(eval-after-load "mm-decode"
'(progn
(add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/html")
(add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/richtext")))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq mm-automatic-display (remove "text/html" mm-automatic-display))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [4.7], [4.8], [4.6], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.7:
+@subsubheading Question 4.7:
Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my HTML-mails?
Answer:
- Only if you use Gnus 5.10.0 or younger. In this case you've got the
+ Only if you use Gnus 5.10 or younger. In this case you've got the
choice between w3, w3m, links, lynx and html2text, which
one is used can be specified in the variable
mm-text-html-renderer, so if you want links to render your
@example
-
(setq mm-text-html-renderer 'links)
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [4.8], [4.9], [4.7], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.8:
+@subsubheading Question 4.8:
Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails
more readable?
@samp{W Y f} gives you full deuglify.
See @samp{W Y C-h} or
have a look at the menus for other deuglifications).
- Outlook deuglify is only available since Gnus 5.10.0.
+ Outlook deuglify is only available since Gnus 5.10.
@ifnottex
@node [4.9], [4.10], [4.8], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.9:
+@subsubheading Question 4.9:
Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific
authors or with specific words in the subject? And can I
@example
-
(("references" ("hschmi22.userfqdn.rz-online.de" 500 nil s))
("message-id" ("hschmi22.userfqdn.rz-online.de" 999 nil s)))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq gnus-use-adaptive-scoring t)
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [4.10], [4.11], [4.9], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.10:
+@subsubheading Question 4.10:
How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups, or
set other variables specific for some groups?
@ifnottex
@node [4.11], [4.12], [4.10], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.11:
+@subsubheading Question 4.11:
Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
those?
@ifnottex
@node [4.12], [4.13], [4.11], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.12:
+@subsubheading Question 4.12:
The number of total messages in a group which Gnus
displays in group buffer is by far to high, especially in
@ifnottex
@node [4.13], [4.14], [4.12], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.13:
+@subsubheading Question 4.13:
I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer, how
to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
@example
-
-(gnus-add-configuration '(article (vertical 1.0 (summary .35 point) (article 1.0))))
-
+(gnus-add-configuration
+ '(article (vertical 1.0
+ (summary .35 point)
+ (article 1.0))))
@end example
@example
-
(gnus-add-configuration
'(article
(horizontal 1.0
(group 1.0))
(vertical 1.0
(summary 1.0 point)))))
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [4.14], [4.15], [4.13], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.14:
+@subsubheading Question 4.14:
I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8.
- Since 5.10.0, Gnus offers you some very nice new specifiers,
+ Since 5.10, Gnus offers you some very nice new specifiers,
e.g. %B which draws a thread-tree and %&user-date which
gives you a date where the details are dependent of the
articles age. Here's an example which uses both:
@example
-
-(setq gnus-summary-line-format ":%U%R %B %s %-60=|%4L |%-20,20f |%&user-date; \n")
-
+(setq gnus-summary-line-format
+ ":%U%R %B %s %-60=|%4L |%-20,20f |%&user-date; \n")
@end example
@noindent
resulting in:
-@example
-
+@smallexample
:O Re: [Richard Stallman] rfc2047.el | 13 |Lars Magne Ingebrigt |Sat 23:06
:O Re: Revival of the ding-patches list | 13 |Lars Magne Ingebrigt |Sat 23:12
:R > Re: Find correct list of articles for a gro| 25 |Lars Magne Ingebrigt |Sat 23:16
:R > Re: Gnus still doesn't count messages prope| 23 |Lars Magne Ingebrigt |Sat 23:57
:O \-> ... | 18 |Kai Grossjohann | 0:35
:O \-> ... | 13 |Lars Magne Ingebrigt | 0:56
-
-@end example
+@end smallexample
@ifnottex
@node [4.15], , [4.14], FAQ 4 - Reading messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 4.15:
+@subsubheading Question 4.15:
How to split incoming mails in several groups?
@example
-
(setq nnmail-crosspost nil)
-
@end example
@noindent
@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\\).*")
+ ("Hamster-src"
+ "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*hamster-sourcen@@yahoogroups.\\(de\\|com\\).*")
("Tagesschau" "^From: tagesschau <localpart@@www.tagesschau.bla>$")
("Replies" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@Frank-Schmitt.bla.*")
- ("EK" "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.bla\\|localpart@@workplace.bla\\).*")
- ("Spam" "^Content-Type:.*\\(ks_c_5601-1987\\|EUC-KR\\|big5\\|iso-2022-jp\\).*")
- ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(This really work\\|XINGA\\|ADV:\\|XXX\\|adult\\|sex\\).*")
- ("Spam" "^Subject:.*\\(\=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?\\|\=\?euc-kr\?\\|\=\?big5\?\\).*")
+ ("EK"
+ "^From:.*\\(localpart@@privateprovider.bla\\|localpart@@workplace.bla\\).*")
+ ("Spam"
+ "^Content-Type:.*\\(ks_c_5601-1987\\|EUC-KR\\|big5\\|iso-2022-jp\\).*")
+ ("Spam"
+ "^Subject:.*\\(This really work\\|XINGA\\|ADV:\\|XXX\\|adult\\|sex\\).*")
+ ("Spam"
+ "^Subject:.*\\(\=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?\\|\=\?euc-kr\?\\|\=\?big5\?\\).*")
("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*BulkMailer.*\\|.*MIME::Lite.*\\|\\)")
- ("Spam" "^X-Mailer:\\(.*CyberCreek Avalanche\\|.*http\:\/\/GetResponse\.com\\)")
- ("Spam" "^From:.*\\(verizon\.net\\|prontomail\.com\\|money\\|ConsumerDirect\\).*")
+ ("Spam"
+ "^X-Mailer:\\(.*CyberCreek Avalanche\\|.*http\:\/\/GetResponse\.com\\)")
+ ("Spam"
+ "^From:.*\\(verizon\.net\\|prontomail\.com\\|money\\|ConsumerDirect\\).*")
("Spam" "^Delivered-To: GMX delivery to spamtrap@@gmx.bla$")
("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\\)")
+ ("Inbox"
+ "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.bla\\|adress@@two.bla\\)")
("Spam" "")))
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 5 - Composing messages, FAQ 6 - Old messages, FAQ 4 - Reading messages, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Composing messages
+@subsection Composing messages
@menu
-* [5.1]:: What are the basic commands I need to know for sending mail and postings?
-* [5.2]:: How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
-* [5.3]:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...?
-* [5.4]:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on the group I post too?
-* [5.5]:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking?
-* [5.6]:: Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting to?
-* [5.7]:: Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember all those email addresses?
-* [5.8]:: Sometimes I see little images at the top of article buffer. What's that and how can I send one with my postings, too?
-* [5.9]:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in newsgroups. Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in newsgroups?
-* [5.10]:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
-* [5.11]:: I want gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and news, how to do it?
-* [5.12]:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why aren't they and how to fix it?
+* [5.1]:: What are the basic commands I need to know for sending mail and
+ postings?
+* [5.2]:: How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
+* [5.3]:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...?
+* [5.4]:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on the
+ group I post too?
+* [5.5]:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking?
+* [5.6]:: Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting to?
+* [5.7]:: Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember all
+ those email addresses?
+* [5.8]:: Sometimes I see little images at the top of article buffer.
+ What's that and how can I send one with my postings, too?
+* [5.9]:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in newsgroups.
+ Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in newsgroups?
+* [5.10]:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
+* [5.11]:: I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and news,
+ how to do it?
+* [5.12]:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct,
+ why aren't they and how to fix it?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [5.1], [5.2], FAQ 5 - Composing messages, FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.1:
+@subsubheading Question 5.1:
What are the basic commands I need to know for sending mail and postings?
message. For a follow up to a newsgroup, it's
@samp{f} and @samp{F}
(analog to @samp{r} and
- @samp{R}.
+ @samp{R}).
Enter new headers above the line saying "--text follows
@ifnottex
@node [5.2], [5.3], [5.1], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.2:
+@subsubheading Question 5.2:
How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
@example
-
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(setq fill-column 72)
(turn-on-auto-fill)))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [5.3], [5.4], [5.2], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.3:
+@subsubheading Question 5.3:
How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...?
@example
-
(setq gnus-posting-styles
'((".*"
(name "Frank Schmitt")
(signature-file "~/.signature")
("X-SampleHeader" "foobar")
(eval (setq some-variable "Foo bar")))))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [5.4], [5.5], [5.3], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.4:
+@subsubheading Question 5.4:
Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on the group I post too?
@example
-
(setq gnus-posting-styles
'((".*" ;;default
(name "Frank Schmitt")
(organization "Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi")
- (signature-file "~/.signature") )
+ (signature-file "~/.signature"))
((message-news-p) ;;Usenet news?
(address "mySpamTrap@@Frank-Schmitt.bla")
- ("Reply-To" "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.bla") )
+ ("Reply-To" "hereRealRepliesOnlyPlease@@Frank-Schmitt.bla"))
((message-mail-p) ;;mail?
- (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.bla") )
+ (address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.bla"))
("^gmane" ;;this is mail, too in fact
(address "usedForMails@@Frank-Schmitt.net")
- ("Reply-To" nil) )
+ ("Reply-To" nil))
("^gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general$"
(eval (setq mail-envelope-from "Azzrael@@rz-online.de"))
- (address "Azzrael@@rz-online.de")) ))
-
+ (address "Azzrael@@rz-online.de"))))
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [5.5], [5.6], [5.4], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.5:
+@subsubheading Question 5.5:
Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking?
Answer:
- You can use ispell.el to spell-check stuff in Emacs. So the
- first thing to do is to make sure that you've got either
- @uref{http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/fmg-members/geoff/ispell.html,ispell}
- or @uref{http://aspell.sourceforge.net/,aspell}
- installed and in your Path. Then you need
- @uref{http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html,ispell.el}
- and for on-the-fly spell-checking
- @uref{http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/personnel/Manuel.Serrano/flyspell/flyspell.html,flyspell.el}.
- Ispell.el is shipped with Gnus Emacs and available through the Emacs package system,
- flyspell.el is shipped with Emacs and part of XEmacs text-modes package which is
- available through the package system, so there should be no need to install them
- manually.
+You can use ispell.el to spell-check stuff in Emacs. So the first
+thing to do is to make sure that you've got either
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@uref{http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/fmg-members/geoff/ispell.html,ispell}
+or
+@item
+@uref{http://aspell.sourceforge.net/,aspell}
+@end itemize
+@noindent
+installed and in your Path.
+
+Then you need
+@uref{http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html,ispell.el,ispell.el}
+and for on-the-fly spell-checking
+@uref{http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/personnel/Manuel.Serrano/flyspell/flyspell.html,flyspell.el,flyspell.el}.
+Ispell.el is shipped with Gnus Emacs and available through the Emacs
+package system, flyspell.el is shipped with Emacs and part of XEmacs
+text-modes package which is available through the package system, so
+there should be no need to install them manually.
Ispell.el assumes you use ispell, if you choose aspell say
@ifnottex
@node [5.6], [5.7], [5.5], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.6:
+@subsubheading Question 5.6:
Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting to?
@example
-
(add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
(lambda ()
(cond
(ispell-change-dictionary "deutsch8"))
(t
(ispell-change-dictionary "english")))))
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [5.7], [5.8], [5.6], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.7:
+@subsubheading Question 5.7:
Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember
all those email addresses?
@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
- cause gnus to insert the full address for you. See the
+ cause Gnus to insert the full address for you. See the
node "Mail Aliases" in Message (not Gnus) manual for
details.
@example
-
(require 'bbdb)
(bbdb-initialize 'gnus 'message)
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(require 'bbdb)
;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the
;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying
(setq bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling t)
;;No popup-buffers
(setq bbdb-use-pop-up nil)
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [5.8], [5.9], [5.7], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.8:
+@subsubheading Question 5.8:
Sometimes I see little images at the top of article
buffer. What's that and how can I send one with my
@example
-
cat file.xbm | xbm2ikon |compface > file.face
cat ./file.face | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' | sed 's/\"/\\\"/g' > ./file.face.quoted
-
@end example
@noindent
- if you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at
- @uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/}.
- If you use MS Windows, you could also use the WinFace program from
- @uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}.
- Now you only have to tell Gnus to include the X-face in your postings by saying
-
+If you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at@*
+@uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/}. If you use MS Windows, you
+could also use the WinFace program from
+@uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}.
-@example
+Now you only have to tell Gnus to include the X-face in your postings
+by saying
+@example
(setq message-default-headers
(with-temp-buffer
(insert "X-Face: ")
(insert-file-contents "~/.xemacs/xface")
(buffer-string)))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [5.9], [5.10], [5.8], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.9:
+@subsubheading Question 5.9:
Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in
newsgroups. Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in
@example
-
(setq gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news t)
-
@end example
@noindent
- if you already use Gnus 5.10.0, if you still use 5.8.8 or
+ if you already use Gnus 5.10, if you still use 5.8.8 or
5.9 try this instead:
@example
-
-(defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
+(eval-after-load "gnus-msg"
+ '(unless (boundp 'gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news)
+ (defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
+ "Request confirmation when replying to news."
(interactive)
- (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
- (y-or-n-p "Really reply? "))
- ad-do-it))
-
+ (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
+ (y-or-n-p "Really reply by mail to article author? "))
+ ad-do-it))))
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [5.10], [5.11], [5.9], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.10:
+@subsubheading Question 5.10:
How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
Answer:
- Since 5.10.0 Gnus doesn't generate a sender header by
+ Since 5.10 Gnus doesn't generate a sender header by
default. For older Gnus' try this in ~/.gnus:
@example
-
(eval-after-load "message"
'(add-to-list 'message-syntax-checks '(sender . disabled)))
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [5.11], [5.12], [5.10], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.11:
+@subsubheading Question 5.11:
I want gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
news, how to do it?
@example
-
(setq gnus-message-archive-group
'((if (message-news-p)
"nnml:Send-News"
"nnml:Send-Mail")))
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [5.12], , [5.11], FAQ 5 - Composing messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 5.12:
+@subsubheading Question 5.12:
People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why
aren't they and how to fix it?
name to put after the "@@". If the name of the machine
where Gnus is running isn't suitable (it probably isn't
at most private machines) you can tell Gnus what to use
- by saying:
-
-
+ by saying
@example
-
-(defun message-make-message-id()
- (concat "<"(message-unique-id)"@@yourmachine.yourdomain.tld>"))
-
+(setq message-user-fqdn "yourmachine.yourdomain.tld")
@end example
-
-
@noindent
- in ~/.gnus. If you have no idea what to insert for
+ in ~/.gnus. If you use Gnus 5.9 or ealier, you can use this
+instead (works for newer versions a well):
+@example
+(eval-after-load "message"
+ '(let ((fqdn "yourmachine.yourdomain.tld"));; <-- Edit this!
+ (if (boundp 'message-user-fqdn)
+ (setq message-user-fqdn fqdn)
+ (gnus-message 1 "Redefining `message-make-fqdn'.")
+ (defun message-make-fqdn ()
+ "Return user's fully qualified domain name."
+ fqdn))))
+@end example
+
+ If you have no idea what to insert for
"yourmachine.yourdomain.tld", you've got several
choices. You can either ask your provider if he allows
you to use something like
@example
-
(setq message-required-news-headers
(remove' Message-ID message-required-news-headers))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq message-required-mail-headers
(remove' Message-ID message-required-mail-headers))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 6 - Old messages, FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment, FAQ 5 - Composing messages, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Old messages
+@subsection Old messages
@menu
-* [6.1]:: How to import my old mail into Gnus?
-* [6.2]:: How to archive interesting messages?
-* [6.3]:: How to search for a specific message?
-* [6.4]:: How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
-* [6.5]:: I want that all read messages are expired (at least in some groups). How to do it?
-* [6.6]:: I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them to another group.
+* [6.1]:: How to import my old mail into Gnus?
+* [6.2]:: How to archive interesting messages?
+* [6.3]:: How to search for a specific message?
+* [6.4]:: How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
+* [6.5]:: I want that all read messages are expired (at least in some
+ groups). How to do it?
+* [6.6]:: I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them
+ to another group.
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [6.1], [6.2], FAQ 6 - Old messages, FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.1:
+@subsubheading Question 6.1:
How to import my old mail into Gnus?
@ifnottex
@node [6.2], [6.3], [6.1], FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.2:
+@subsubheading Question 6.2:
How to archive interesting messages?
@example
-
(defun my-archive-article (&optional n)
"Copies one or more article(s) to a corresponding `nnml:' group, e.g.
`gnus.ding' goes to `nnml:1.gnus.ding'. And `nnml:List-gnus.ding' goes
(replace-in-string gnus-newsgroup-name "^.*:" "")
(replace-regexp-in-string "^.*:" "" gnus-newsgroup-name)))))
(gnus-summary-copy-article n archive-name)))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq gnus-use-cache t)
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [6.3], [6.4], [6.2], FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.3:
+@subsubheading Question 6.3:
How to search for a specific message?
the raw message, look for the message-id, and say
@samp{M-^ the@@message.id RET} in a
summary buffer.
- Since Gnus 5.10.0 there's also a Gnus interface for
+ Since Gnus 5.10 there's also a Gnus interface for
groups.google.com which you can call with
@samp{G W}) in group buffer.
engines and with the help of nnir you can search trough
the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all
messages which met your search criteria. If this sound
- cool to you get nnir.el from
- @uref{ftp://ls6-ftp.cs.uni-dortmund.de/pub/src/emacs/}
- or @uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
+ cool to you get nnir.el from the contrib directory of the Gnus
+ distribution or
+ @uref{http://quimby.gnus.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/gnus/contrib/nnir.el?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain}
Instructions on how to use it are at the top of the file.
@ifnottex
@node [6.4], [6.5], [6.3], FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.4:
+@subsubheading Question 6.4:
How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
@ifnottex
@node [6.5], [6.6], [6.4], FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.5:
+@subsubheading Question 6.5:
I want that all read messages are expired (at least in
some groups). How to do it?
@ifnottex
@node [6.6], , [6.5], FAQ 6 - Old messages
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 6.6:
+@subsubheading Question 6.6:
I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them
to another group.
@example
-
(setq nnmail-expiry-target "nnml:expired")
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment, FAQ 8 - Getting help, FAQ 6 - Old messages, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Gnus in a dial-up environment
+@subsection Gnus in a dial-up environment
@menu
-* [7.1]:: I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can I minimize the time I've got to be connected?
-* [7.2]:: So what was this thing about the Agent?
-* [7.3]:: I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
-* [7.4]:: How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings while I'm offline?
+* [7.1]:: I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can I
+ minimize the time I've got to be connected?
+* [7.2]:: So what was this thing about the Agent?
+* [7.3]:: I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
+* [7.4]:: How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings while
+ I'm offline?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [7.1], [7.2], FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment, FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 7.1:
+@subsubheading Question 7.1:
I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can
I minimize the time I've got to be connected?
when you're online.
- Let's talk about Unix systems first: For the news part,
- the easiest solution is a small nntp server like
- @uref{http://www.leafnode.org/,Leafnode} or
- @uref{http://infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/,sn},
- of course you can also install a full featured news
- server like
- @uref{http://www.isc.org/products/INN/,inn}.
- Then you want to fetch your Mail, popular choices
- are @uref{http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/,fetchmail}
- and @uref{http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-3.0/,getmail}.
- You should tell those to write the mail to your disk and
- Gnus to read it from there. Last but not least the mail
- sending part: This can be done with every MTA like
- @uref{http://www.sendmail.org/,sendmail},
- @uref{http://www.qmail.org/,postfix},
- @uref{http://www.exim.org/,exim} or
- @uref{http://www.qmail.org/,qmail}.
+Let's talk about Unix systems first: For the news part, the easiest
+solution is a small nntp server like
+@uref{http://www.leafnode.org/,Leafnode} or
+@uref{http://infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/,sn}, of course you can also
+install a full featured news server like
+@uref{http://www.isc.org/products/INN/,inn}.
+
+Then you want to fetch your Mail, popular choices are
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@uref{http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/,fetchmail} and
+@item
+@uref{http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/getmail-3.0/,getmail}.
+@end itemize
+You should tell those to write the mail to your disk and Gnus to read
+it from there. Last but not least the mail sending part: This can be
+done with every MTA like @uref{http://www.sendmail.org/,sendmail},
+@uref{http://www.qmail.org/,postfix}, @uref{http://www.exim.org/,exim}
+or @uref{http://www.qmail.org/,qmail}.
On windows boxes I'd vote for
@ifnottex
@node [7.2], [7.3], [7.1], FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 7.2:
+@subsubheading Question 7.2:
So what was this thing about the Agent?
later when you're offline. It kind of mimics offline
newsreaders like e.g. Forte Agent. If you want to use
the Agent place the following in ~/.gnus if you are
- still using 5.8.8 or 5.9 (it's the default since 5.10.0):
+ still using 5.8.8 or 5.9 (it's the default since 5.10):
@example
-
(setq gnus-agent t)
-
@end example
@ifnottex
@node [7.3], [7.4], [7.2], FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 7.3:
+@subsubheading Question 7.3:
I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
@ifnottex
@node [7.4], , [7.3], FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 7.4:
+@subsubheading Question 7.4:
How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings
while I'm offline?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 8 - Getting help, FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus, FAQ 7 - Gnus in a dial-up environment, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Getting help
+@subsection Getting help
@menu
-* [8.1]:: How to find information and help inside Emacs?
-* [8.2]:: I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X (e.g. attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
-* [8.3]:: Which websites should I know?
-* [8.4]:: Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
-* [8.5]:: Where to report bugs?
-* [8.6]:: I need real-time help, where to find it?
+* [8.1]:: How to find information and help inside Emacs?
+* [8.2]:: I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X
+ (e.g. attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
+* [8.3]:: Which websites should I know?
+* [8.4]:: Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
+* [8.5]:: Where to report bugs?
+* [8.6]:: I need real-time help, where to find it?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [8.1], [8.2], FAQ 8 - Getting help, FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.1:
+@subsubheading Question 8.1:
How to find information and help inside Emacs?
@ifnottex
@node [8.2], [8.3], [8.1], FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.2:
+@subsubheading Question 8.2:
I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X
(e.g. attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
@ifnottex
@node [8.3], [8.4], [8.2], FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.3:
+@subsubheading Question 8.3:
Which websites should I know?
@ifnottex
@node [8.4], [8.5], [8.3], FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.4:
+@subsubheading Question 8.4:
Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
@ifnottex
@node [8.5], [8.6], [8.4], FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.5:
+@subsubheading Question 8.5:
Where to report bugs?
Answer:
- Say @samp{M-x gnus-bug}, this will start
- a message to the
- @uref{mailto:bugs@@gnus.org,gnus bug mailing list}
- including information about your environment which make
- it easier to help you.
+Say @samp{M-x gnus-bug}, this will start a message to the
+@email{bugs@@gnus.org,gnus bug mailing list} including information
+about your environment which make it easier to help you.
@ifnottex
@node [8.6], , [8.5], FAQ 8 - Getting help
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 8.6:
+@subsubheading Question 8.6:
I need real-time help, where to find it?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus, FAQ - Glossary, FAQ 8 - Getting help, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Tuning Gnus
+@subsection Tuning Gnus
@menu
-* [9.1]:: Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
-* [9.2]:: How to speed up the process of entering a group?
-* [9.3]:: Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
+* [9.1]:: Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
+* [9.2]:: How to speed up the process of entering a group?
+* [9.3]:: Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
@end menu
@ifnottex
@node [9.1], [9.2], FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus, FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 9.1:
+@subsubheading Question 9.1:
Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
@example
-
(require 'message)
(add-to-list 'message-syntax-checks '(sender . disabled))
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(eval-after-load "message"
'(add-to-list 'message-syntax-checks '(sender . disabled)))
-
@end example
@noindent
@ifnottex
@node [9.2], [9.3], [9.1], FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 9.2:
+@subsubheading Question 9.2:
How to speed up the process of entering a group?
@example
-
(gnus-compile)
-
@end example
@noindent
@example
-
(setq gc-cons-threshold 3500000)
-
@end example
@noindent
in ~/.emacs. If you don't care about width of CJK
- characters or use Gnus 5.10.0 or younger together with a
+ characters or use Gnus 5.10 or younger together with a
recent GNU Emacs, you should say
@example
-
(setq gnus-use-correct-string-widths nil)
-
@end example
two suggestions). Finally if you are still using 5.8.8
or 5.9 and experience speed problems with summary
buffer generation, you definitely should update to
- 5.10.0 since there quite some work on improving it has
+ 5.10 since there quite some work on improving it has
been done.
@ifnottex
@node [9.3], , [9.2], FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus
@end ifnottex
-@subheading Question 9.3:
+@subsubheading Question 9.3:
Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
@ifnottex
@node FAQ - Glossary, , FAQ 9 - Tuning Gnus, Frequently Asked Questions
@end ifnottex
-@section Glossary
+@subsection Glossary
@table @dfn
@end table
-@bye
+@c @bye
+
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: 64dc5692-edb4-4848-a965-7aa0181acbb8
+@end ignore
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