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@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}.
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-@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
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Updated FAQ to reflect release of Gnus 5.10 and start of
-No Gnus development.
+2008-06-15: Adjust for message-fill-column. Add x-face-file.
+Clarify difference between ding and gnu.emacs.gnus. Remove
+reference to discontinued service.
+
+@item
+2006-04-15: Added tip on how to delete sent buffer on exit.
@end itemize
@node FAQ - Introduction
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
@menu
-* [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]:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus, what
- are those?
-* [1.6]:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
-* [1.7]:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
+* FAQ 1-1:: What is the latest version of Gnus?
+* FAQ 1-2:: What's new in 5.10?
+* FAQ 1-3:: Where and how to get Gnus?
+* FAQ 1-4:: What to do with the tarball now?
+* FAQ 1-5:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus,
+ what are those?
+* FAQ 1-6:: Which version of Emacs do I need?
+* FAQ 1-7:: How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@end menu
-@node [1.1]
+@node FAQ 1-1
@subsubheading Question 1.1
What is the latest version of Gnus?
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. The current release (5.10.8) should be at
+shouldn't miss. The current release (5.13) should be at
least as stable as the latest release of the 5.8 series.
-@node [1.2]
+@node FAQ 1-2
@subsubheading Question 1.2
What's new in 5.10?
a complex trn-style thread tree.
@end itemize
-@node [1.3]
+@node FAQ 1-3
@subsubheading Question 1.3
Where and how to get Gnus?
@subsubheading Answer
-The latest released version of Gnus isn't included in
-Emacs 21, therefor you should get the Gnus tarball from
+Gnus is released independent from releases of Emacs and XEmacs.
+Therefore, the version bundled with Emacs or the version in XEmacs'
+package system might not be up to date (e.g. Gnus 5.9 bundled with Emacs
+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}.
-If you use XEmacs instead of Emacs you can use XEmacs'
-package system instead.
-@node [1.4]
+@node FAQ 1-4
@subsubheading Question 1.4
What to do with the tarball now?
@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}
before this line, on MS Windows use something like
"C:/path/to/lisp" (yes, "/").
-@node [1.5]
+@node FAQ 1-5
@subsubheading Question 1.5
I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus,
not 5.11, the odd version numbers are normally used for
the Gnus versions bundled with Emacs)
-@node [1.6]
+@node FAQ 1-6
@subsubheading Question 1.6
Which version of Emacs do I need?
The development versions of Gnus (aka No Gnus) requires Emacs 21
or XEmacs 21.4.
-@node [1.7]
+@node FAQ 1-7
@subsubheading Question 1.7
How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
@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?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 2-2:: Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
+ what's this?
+* FAQ 2-3:: How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 2-5:: How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
+ sort the groups in a topic?
@end menu
-@node [2.1]
+@node FAQ 2-1
@subsubheading Question 2.1
Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save
@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
via @samp{q} in group buffer instead of
just killing Emacs.
-@node [2.2]
+@node FAQ 2-2
@subsubheading Question 2.2
Gnus doesn't remember which groups I'm subscribed to,
starting Gnus, right? It's an other symptom for the same
problem, so read the answer above.
-@node [2.3]
+@node FAQ 2-3
@subsubheading Question 2.3
How to change the format of the lines in Group buffer?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [2.4]
+@node FAQ 2-4
@subsubheading Question 2.4
My group buffer becomes a bit crowded, is there a way to
beginning of your gnus-group-line-format variable to have
the groups nicely indented.
-@node [2.5]
+@node FAQ 2-5
@subsubheading Question 2.5
How to manually sort the groups in Group buffer? How to
@subsection Getting Messages
@menu
-* [3.1]:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{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.el
- 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?
+* 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.
+* FAQ 3-3:: My news server requires authentication, how to store
+ user name and password on disk?
+* FAQ 3-4:: Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
+ subscribe to a group.
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 3-6:: I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this
+ possible?
+* FAQ 3-7:: And how about local spool files?
+* FAQ 3-8:: OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to
+ read my mail with Gnus, too. How to do it?
+* FAQ 3-9:: And what about IMAP?
+* FAQ 3-10:: At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers,
+ can I use Gnus to read my mail from it?
+* FAQ 3-11:: Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
+ retrieves via POP3?
@end menu
-@node [3.1]
+@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
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.2]
+@node FAQ 3-2
@subsubheading Question 3.2
I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus.el means.
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
@end example
@noindent
-in your autoexec.bat and reboot. Under NT, 2000 and XP,
-hit Winkey+Pause/Break to enter system options (if it
-doesn't work, go to Control Panel -> System). There you'll
-find the possibility to set environment variables, create
-a new one with name HOME and value C:\myhome, a reboot is
-not necessary.
+in your autoexec.bat and reboot. Under NT, 2000 and XP, hit
+Winkey+Pause/Break to enter system options (if it doesn't work, go
+to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced). There you'll find the
+possibility to set environment variables. Create a new one with
+name HOME and value C:\myhome. Rebooting is not necessary.
Now to create ~/.gnus.el, say
@samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET C-x C-s}.
in Emacs.
-@node [3.3]
+@node FAQ 3-3
@subsubheading Question 3.3
My news server requires authentication, how to store
.
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
in a shell.)
-@node [3.4]
+@node FAQ 3-4
@subsubheading Question 3.4
Gnus seems to start up OK, but I can't find out how to
you want to subscribe to and say @samp{u}
to subscribe to it.
-@node [3.5]
+@node FAQ 3-5
@subsubheading Question 3.5
Gnus doesn't show all groups / Gnus says I'm not allowed to
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 [3.6]
+@node FAQ 3-6
@subsubheading Question 3.6
I want Gnus to fetch news from several servers, is this possible?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.7]
+@node FAQ 3-7
@subsubheading Question 3.7
And how about local spool files?
@example
(add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
'(nnspool ""
- (nnspool-directory "/usr/local/myspoolddir")))
+ (nnspool-directory "/usr/local/myspoolddir")))
@end example
@noindent
You might have to specify more stuff like the program used
to post articles, see the Gnus manual on how to do this.
-@node [3.8]
+@node FAQ 3-8
@subsubheading Question 3.8
OK, reading news works now, but I want to be able to read my mail
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
@example
(eval-after-load "mail-source"
'(add-to-list 'mail-sources
- '(directory :path "/path/to/procmail-dir/"
- :suffix ".prcml")))
+ '(directory :path "/path/to/procmail-dir/"
+ :suffix ".prcml")))
@end example
@noindent
@end example
@noindent
-@node [3.9]
+@node FAQ 3-9
@subsubheading Question 3.9
And what about IMAP?
@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.*")))
+ '(nnimap "Give the baby a name"
+ (nnimap-address "imap.yourProvider.net")
+ (nnimap-port 143)
+ (nnimap-list-pattern "archive.*")))
@end example
@noindent
server if Gnus can't guess the correct way, see the Manual
Node "IMAP" for detailed information.
-@node [3.10]
+@node FAQ 3-10
@subsubheading Question 3.10
At the office we use one of those MS Exchange servers, can I use
activating IMAP on the server and follow the instructions
above.
-@node [3.11]
+@node FAQ 3-11
@subsubheading Question 3.11
Can I tell Gnus not to delete the mails on the server it
@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?
+* FAQ 4-1:: When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to
+ view them again?
+* FAQ 4-2:: How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time
+ I enter a group, even when it's read?
+* FAQ 4-3:: How to view the headers of a message?
+* FAQ 4-4:: How to view the raw unformatted message?
+* FAQ 4-5:: How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
+ the top of the article buffer?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 4-7:: Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my
+ HTML-mails?
+* FAQ 4-8:: Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted
+ mails more readable?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 4-10:: How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups,
+ or set other variables specific for some groups?
+* FAQ 4-11:: Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
+ those?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 4-13:: I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer,
+ how to change it? Perhaps even a three pane display?
+* FAQ 4-14:: I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to
+ tweak it?
+* FAQ 4-15:: How to split incoming mails in several groups?
@end menu
-@node [4.1]
+@node FAQ 4-1
@subsubheading Question 4.1
When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again?
@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,
you can say @samp{^}, if you want to retrieve the whole thread
the message you're just reading belongs to, @samp{A T} is your friend.
-@node [4.2]
+@node FAQ 4-2
@subsubheading Question 4.2
How to tell Gnus to show an important message every time I
mark and set's unread mark) or @samp{M c}
(which deletes all marks for the message).
-@node [4.3]
+@node FAQ 4-3
@subsubheading Question 4.3
How to view the headers of a message?
@subsubheading Answer
-Say @samp{t}
+Say @samp{t}
to show all headers, one more
-@samp{t}
+@samp{t}
hides them again.
-@node [4.4]
+@node FAQ 4-4
@subsubheading Question 4.4
How to view the raw unformatted message?
@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 [4.5]
+@node FAQ 4-5
@subsubheading Question 4.5
How can I change the headers Gnus displays by default at
@example
(setq gnus-visible-headers
'("^From" "^Subject" "^Date" "^Newsgroups" "^Followup-To"
- "^User-Agent" "^X-Newsreader" "^X-Mailer"))
+ "^User-Agent" "^X-Newsreader" "^X-Mailer"))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.6]
+@node FAQ 4-6
@subsubheading Question 4.6
I'd like Gnus NOT to render HTML-mails but show me the
@example
(eval-after-load "mm-decode"
- '(progn
+ '(progn
(add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/html")
(add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/richtext")))
@end example
too.
-@node [4.7]
+@node FAQ 4-7
@subsubheading Question 4.7
Can I use some other browser than w3 to render my HTML-mails?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.8]
+@node FAQ 4-8
@subsubheading Question 4.8
Is there anything I can do to make poorly formatted mails
other deuglifications). Outlook deuglify is only available since
Gnus 5.10.
-@node [4.9]
+@node FAQ 4-9
@subsubheading Question 4.9
Is there a way to automatically ignore posts by specific
in ~/.gnus.el.
-@node [4.10]
+@node FAQ 4-10
@subsubheading Question 4.10
How can I disable threading in some (e.g. mail-) groups, or
value. Hit button done at the top of the buffer when
you're ready.
-@node [4.11]
+@node FAQ 4-11
@subsubheading Question 4.11
Can I highlight messages written by me and follow-ups to
make faces (specifications of how summary-line shall look
like) for those postings, then we'll give them some
special score and finally we'll tell Gnus to use the new
-faces. You can find detailed instructions on how to do it on
-@uref{http://my.gnus.org/node/view/224, my.gnus.org}
+faces.
-@node [4.12]
+@node FAQ 4-12
@subsubheading Question 4.12
The number of total messages in a group which Gnus
lowest-article-number = total-number-of-articles". This
works OK for Usenet groups, but if you delete and move
many messages in mail groups, this fails. To cure the
-symptom, enter the group via @samp{C-u RET}
+symptom, enter the group via @samp{C-u RET}
(this makes Gnus get all messages), then
hit @samp{M P b} to mark all messages and
then say @samp{B m name.of.group} to move
right again (until you delete and move your mail to other
groups again).
-@node [4.13]
+@node FAQ 4-13
@subsubheading Question 4.13
I don't like the layout of summary and article buffer, how
(gnus-add-configuration
'(article
(horizontal 1.0
- (vertical 25
- (group 1.0))
- (vertical 1.0
- (summary 0.25 point)
- (article 1.0)))))
+ (vertical 25
+ (group 1.0))
+ (vertical 1.0
+ (summary 0.25 point)
+ (article 1.0)))))
(gnus-add-configuration
'(summary
(horizontal 1.0
- (vertical 25
- (group 1.0))
- (vertical 1.0
- (summary 1.0 point)))))
+ (vertical 25
+ (group 1.0))
+ (vertical 1.0
+ (summary 1.0 point)))))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.14]
+@node FAQ 4-14
@subsubheading Question 4.14
I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
@subsubheading Answer
You've got to play around with the variable
-gnus-summary-line-format. It's value is a string of
+gnus-summary-line-format. Its value is a string of
symbols which stand for things like author, date, subject
etc. A list of the available specifiers can be found in the
manual node "Summary Buffer Lines" and the often forgotten
-node "Formatting Variables" and it's sub-nodes. There
+node "Formatting Variables" and its sub-nodes. There
you'll find useful things like positioning the cursor and
tabulators which allow you a summary in table form, but
sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8.
@end example
@noindent
-@node [4.15]
+@node FAQ 4-15
@subsubheading Question 4.15
How to split incoming mails in several groups?
articles should go which don't match any other rule. If
the folder doesn't exist yet, it will be created as soon
as an article lands there. By default the mail will be
-send to all groups whose rules match. If you
+send to all groups whose rules match. If you
don't want that (you probably don't want), say
@example
("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.invalid")
("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA")
("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.invalid.*")
- ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|adress@@two.invalid\\)")
+ ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|address@@two.invalid\\)")
("Spam" "")))
@end example
@noindent
@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?
+* FAQ 5-1:: What are the basic commands I need to know for sending
+ mail and postings?
+* FAQ 5-2:: How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing
+ messages?
+* FAQ 5-3:: How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To,
+ signature...?
+* FAQ 5-4:: Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on
+ the group I post too?
+* FAQ 5-5:: Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly
+ spell-checking?
+* FAQ 5-6:: Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting
+ to?
+* FAQ 5-7:: Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't
+ remember all those email addresses?
+* FAQ 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?
+* FAQ 5-9:: Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in
+ newsgroups. Can Gnus warn me, when I'm replying by mail in
+ newsgroups?
+* FAQ 5-10:: How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
+* FAQ 5-11:: I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
+ news, how to do it?
+* FAQ 5-12:: I want Gnus to kill the buffer after successful sending
+ instead of keeping it alive as "Sent mail to...", how to do it?
+* FAQ 5-13:: People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why
+ aren't they and how to fix it?
@end menu
-@node [5.1]
+@node FAQ 5-1
@subsubheading Question 5.1
What are the basic commands I need to know for sending mail and postings?
can start editing it again by saying @samp{D
e}.
-@node [5.2]
+@node FAQ 5-2
@subsubheading Question 5.2
How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?
@subsubheading Answer
-Say
+Starting from No Gnus, automatic word-wrap is already enabled by
+default, see the variable message-fill-column.
+
+For other versions of Gnus, say
@example
-(add-hook 'message-mode-hook
- (lambda ()
- (setq fill-column 72)
- (turn-on-auto-fill)))
+(unless (boundp 'message-fill-column)
+ (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
+ (lambda ()
+ (setq fill-column 72)
+ (turn-on-auto-fill))))
@end example
@noindent
-in ~/.gnus.el. You can reformat a paragraph by hitting
-@samp{M-q} (as usual)
+in ~/.gnus.el.
+
+You can reformat a paragraph by hitting @samp{M-q}
+(as usual).
-@node [5.3]
+@node FAQ 5-3
@subsubheading Question 5.3
How to set stuff like From, Organization, Reply-To, signature...?
then the function foo will be evaluated with argument bar
and the result will be thrown away.
-@node [5.4]
+@node FAQ 5-4
@subsubheading Question 5.4
Can I set things like From, Signature etc group based on the group I post too?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.5]
+@node FAQ 5-5
@subsubheading Question 5.5
Is there a spell-checker? Perhaps even on-the-fly spell-checking?
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
+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 Emacs and available through the XEmacs 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
+and for on-the-fly spell-checking
+@uref{http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Manuel.Serrano/flyspell/flyspell.html, flyspell.el}.
+Ispell.el is shipped with Emacs and available through the XEmacs 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
(setq ispell-program-name "aspell")
@end example
@noindent
-
+
in your Emacs configuration file.
If you want your outgoing messages to be spell-checked, say
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.6]
+@node FAQ 5-6
@subsubheading Question 5.6
Can I set the dictionary based on the group I'm posting to?
(ispell-change-dictionary "english")))))
@end example
@noindent
-
+
in ~/.gnus.el. Change "^de\\." and "deutsch8" to something
that suits your needs.
-@node [5.7]
+@node FAQ 5-7
@subsubheading Question 5.7
Is there some kind of address-book, so I needn't remember
alias syntax:
@example
-alias al "Al <al@@english-heritage.invalid>"
+alias al
"Al <al@@english-heritage.invalid>"
@end example
@noindent
node "Mail Aliases" in Message (not Gnus) manual for
details.
-However, what you really want is the Insidious Big Brother
+However, what you really want is the Insidious Big Brother
Database bbdb. Get it through the XEmacs package system or from
@uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/, bbdb's homepage}.
Now place the following in ~/.gnus.el, to activate bbdb for Gnus:
@example
(require 'bbdb)
-;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the
+;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the
;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying
(setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil)
;;Tell bbdb about your email address:
hit @samp{TAB} to cycle through know
recipients.
-@node [5.8]
+@node FAQ 5-8
@subsubheading Question 5.8
Sometimes I see little images at the top of article
Gimp), open the image you want to include, cut out the
relevant part, reduce color depth to 1 bit, resize to
48*48 and save as bitmap. Now you should get the compface
-package from
+package from
@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/, this site}.
and create the actual X-face by saying
@end example
@noindent
-If you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at
+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/}.
to gnus-posting-styles.
-@node [5.9]
+@node FAQ 5-9
@subsubheading Question 5.9
Sometimes I accidentally hit r instead of f in
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.10]
+@node FAQ 5-10
@subsubheading Question 5.10
How to tell Gnus not to generate a sender header?
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.11]
+@node FAQ 5-11
@subsubheading Question 5.11
I want Gnus to locally store copies of my send mail and
@example
(setq gnus-message-archive-group
- '((if (message-news-p)
- "nnml:Send-News"
- "nnml:Send-Mail")))
+ '((if (message-news-p)
+ "nnml:Send-News"
+ "nnml:Send-Mail")))
@end example
@noindent
-@node [5.12]
+@node FAQ 5-12
@subsubheading Question 5.12
+I want Gnus to kill the buffer after successful sending instead of keeping
+it alive as "Sent mail to...", how to do it?
+
+@subsubheading Answer
+
+Add this to your ~/.gnus:
+
+@example
+(setq message-kill-buffer-on-exit t)
+@end example
+@noindent
+
+@node FAQ 5-13
+@subsubheading Question 5.13
+
People tell me my Message-IDs are not correct, why
aren't they and how to fix it?
@noindent
in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.9 or earlier, you can use this
-instead (works for newer versions a well):
+instead (works for newer versions as well):
@example
(eval-after-load "message"
yourUserName.userfqdn.provider.net, or you can use
somethingUnique.yourdomain.tld if you own the domain
yourdomain.tld, or you can register at a service which
-gives private users a FQDN for free, e.g.
-@uref{http://www.stura.tu-freiberg.de/~dlx/addfqdn.html}.
-(Sorry but this website is in German, if you know of an
-English one offering the same, drop me a note).
+gives private users a FQDN for free.
Finally you can tell Gnus not to generate a Message-ID
for News at all (and letting the server do the job) by saying
@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.
+* FAQ 6-1:: How to import my old mail into Gnus?
+* FAQ 6-2:: How to archive interesting messages?
+* FAQ 6-3:: How to search for a specific message?
+* FAQ 6-4:: How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
+* FAQ 6-5:: I want that all read messages are expired (at least in
+ some groups). How to do it?
+* FAQ 6-6:: I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move
+ them to another group.
@end menu
-@node [6.1]
+@node FAQ 6-1
@subsubheading Question 6.1
How to import my old mail into Gnus?
through nnmail-split-methods (respool them) by saying
@samp{B r}.
-@node [6.2]
+@node FAQ 6-2
@subsubheading Question 6.2
How to archive interesting messages?
mark for articles you want to keep, setting the read
mark will remove them from cache.
-@node [6.3]
+@node FAQ 6-3
@subsubheading Question 6.3
How to search for a specific message?
in Gnus. Here comes nnir into action. Nnir is a front end
to search engines like swish-e or swish++ and
others. You index your mail with one of those search
-engines and with the help of nnir you can search trough
+engines and with the help of nnir you can search through
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
or @uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
Instructions on how to use it are at the top of the file.
-@node [6.4]
+@node FAQ 6-4
@subsubheading Question 6.4
How to get rid of old unwanted mail?
expirable before and if they are old enough (default is
older than a week) they are deleted.
-@node [6.5]
+@node FAQ 6-5
@subsubheading Question 6.5
I want that all read messages are expired (at least in
can also set the read mark (hit
@samp{d}).
-@node [6.6]
+@node FAQ 6-6
@subsubheading Question 6.6
I don't want expiration to delete my mails but to move them
@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?
+* FAQ 7-1:: I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can I
+ minimize the time I've got to be connected?
+* FAQ 7-2:: So what was this thing about the Agent?
+* FAQ 7-3:: I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do
+ it?
+* FAQ 7-4:: How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings
+ while I'm offline?
@end menu
-@node [7.1]
+@node FAQ 7-1
@subsubheading Question 7.1
I don't have a permanent connection to the net, how can
when you're online.
Let's talk about Unix systems first: For the news part,
-the easiest solution is a small nntp server like
+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}.
+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}.
+and @uref{http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, 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.exim.org/, exim} or
@uref{http://www.qmail.org/, qmail}.
-On windows boxes I'd vote for
-@uref{http://www.tglsoft.de/, Hamster},
+On windows boxes I'd vote for
+@uref{http://www.tglsoft.de/, Hamster},
it's a small freeware, open-source program which fetches
your mail and news from remote servers and offers them
to Gnus (or any other mail and/or news reader) via nntp
respectively POP3 or IMAP. It also includes a smtp
server for receiving mails from Gnus.
-@node [7.2]
+@node FAQ 7-2
@subsubheading Question 7.2
So what was this thing about the Agent?
server, the headers will be stored on disk and read from
there the next time you enter the group.
-@node [7.3]
+@node FAQ 7-3
@subsubheading Question 7.3
I want to store article bodies on disk, too. How to do it?
server. Depending on the volume of headers, the initial
fetch session could take hours.
-@node [7.4]
+@node FAQ 7-4
@subsubheading Question 7.4
How to tell Gnus not to try to send mails / postings
@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?
+* FAQ 8-1:: How to find information and help inside Emacs?
+* FAQ 8-2:: I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X (e.g.
+ attachments, PGP, MIME...), is it not documented?
+* FAQ 8-3:: Which websites should I know?
+* FAQ 8-4:: Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
+* FAQ 8-5:: Where to report bugs?
+* FAQ 8-6:: I need real-time help, where to find it?
@end menu
-@node [8.1]
+@node FAQ 8-1
@subsubheading Question 8.1
How to find information and help inside Emacs?
search through all available functions and @samp{M-x
apropos} searches the bound variables.
-@node [8.2]
+@node FAQ 8-2
@subsubheading Question 8.2
I can't find anything in the Gnus manual about X
different info files, you should have a look in those
manuals, too.
-@node [8.3]
+@node FAQ 8-3
@subsubheading Question 8.3
Which websites should I know?
@subsubheading Answer
-The two most important ones are the
+The most important one is the
@uref{http://www.gnus.org, official Gnus website}.
-and it's sister site
-@uref{http://my.gnus.org, my.gnus.org (MGO)},
-hosting an archive of lisp snippets, howtos, a (not
-really finished) tutorial and this FAQ.
Tell me about other sites which are interesting.
-@node [8.4]
+@node FAQ 8-4
@subsubheading Question 8.4
Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there?
@subsubheading Answer
-There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus
-(also available as
-@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user,
-gmane.emacs.gnus.user})
-which deals with general Gnus questions.
-The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
-Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
-@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general,
-gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.
+There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (also available as
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.user}) which deals with general Gnus
+questions. If you have questions about development versions of
+Gnus, you should better ask on the ding mailing list, see below.
If you want to stay in the big8,
-news.software.newssreaders is also read by some Gnus
+news.software.readers is also read by some Gnus
users (but chances for qualified help are much better in
-the above groups) and if you speak German, there's
+the above groups). If you speak German, there's
de.comm.software.gnus.
-@node [8.5]
+The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of
+Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name
+@uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general,
+gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org.
+
+@node FAQ 8-5
@subsubheading Question 8.5
Where to report bugs?
@subsubheading Answer
Say @samp{M-x gnus-bug}, this will start
-a message to the
+a message to the
@email{bugs@@gnus.org, gnus bug mailing list}
including information about your environment which make
it easier to help you.
-@node [8.6]
+@node FAQ 8-6
@subsubheading Question 8.6
I need real-time help, where to find it?
@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?
+* FAQ 9-1:: Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
+* FAQ 9-2:: How to speed up the process of entering a group?
+* FAQ 9-3:: Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
@end menu
-@node [9.1]
+@node FAQ 9-1
@subsubheading Question 9.1
Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
@subsubheading Answer
-The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads it's
+The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads its
active file, see the node "The Active File" in the Gnus
manual for things you might try to speed the process up.
An other idea would be to byte compile your ~/.gnus.el (say
it's loaded when it's needed.
-@node [9.2]
+@node FAQ 9-2
@subsubheading Question 9.2
How to speed up the process of entering a group?
at the bottom of your ~/.gnus.el, this will make gnus
byte-compile things like
-gnus-summary-line-format.
+gnus-summary-line-format.
then you could increase the value of gc-cons-threshold
by saying something like
(setq gnus-use-correct-string-widths nil)
@end example
@noindent
-
+
in ~/.gnus.el (thanks to Jesper harder for the last
two suggestions). Finally if you are still using 5.8.8
or 5.9 and experience speed problems with summary
5.10 since there quite some work on improving it has
been done.
-@node [9.3]
+@node FAQ 9-3
@subsubheading Question 9.3
Sending mail becomes slower and slower, what's up?
use to read and write Usenet news.
@end table
-
-@ignore
-arch-tag: 64dc5692-edb4-4848-a965-7aa0181acbb8
-@end ignore
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