@documentencoding ISO-8859-1
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
* Anything Groups:: Dired? Who needs dired?
* Document Groups:: Single files can be the basis of a group.
* Mail-To-News Gateways:: Posting articles via mail-to-news gateways.
+* The Empty Backend:: The backend that never has any news.
Document Groups
Desired cursor position (instead of after first colon).
@item &user-date;
Age sensitive date format. Various date format is defined in
-@code{gnus-user-date-format-alist}.
+@code{gnus-summary-user-date-format-alist}.
@item u
User defined specifier. The next character in the format string should
be a letter. Gnus will call the function
(@code{gnus-article-date-lapsed}). It looks something like:
@example
-X-Sent: 6 weeks, 4 days, 1 hour, 3 minutes, 8 seconds ago
+Date: 6 weeks, 4 days, 1 hour, 3 minutes, 8 seconds ago
@end example
-@vindex gnus-article-date-lapsed-new-header
-The value of @code{gnus-article-date-lapsed-new-header} determines
-whether this header will just be added below the old Date one, or will
-replace it.
-
-An advantage of using Gnus to read mail is that it converts simple bugs
-into wonderful absurdities.
-
-If you want to have this line updated continually, you can put
+This line is updated continually by default. If you wish to switch
+that off, say:
+@vindex gnus-article-update-date-headers
@lisp
-(gnus-start-date-timer)
+(setq gnus-article-update-date-headers nil)
@end lisp
-in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file, or you can run it off of some hook. If
-you want to stop the timer, you can use the @code{gnus-stop-date-timer}
-command.
+in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file.
@item W T o
@kindex W T o (Summary)
@vindex gnus-treat-strip-trailing-blank-lines
@vindex gnus-treat-unsplit-urls
@vindex gnus-treat-wash-html
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-english
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-iso8601
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-lapsed
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-local
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-original
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-user-defined
-@vindex gnus-treat-date-ut
+@vindex gnus-treat-date
@vindex gnus-treat-from-picon
@vindex gnus-treat-mail-picon
@vindex gnus-treat-newsgroups-picon
@xref{Article Washing}.
-@item gnus-treat-date-english (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-iso8601 (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-lapsed (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-local (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-original (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-user-defined (head)
-@item gnus-treat-date-ut (head)
+@item gnus-treat-date (head)
+
+This will transform/add date headers according to the
+@code{gnus-article-date-headers} variable. This is a list of Date
+headers to display. The formats available are:
+
+@table @code
+@item ut
+Universal time, aka GMT, aka ZULU.
+
+@item local
+The user's local time zone.
+
+@item english
+A semi-readable English sentence.
+
+@item lapsed
+The time elapsed since the message was posted.
+
+@item combined-lapsed
+Both the original date header and a (shortened) elapsed time.
+
+@item original
+The original date header.
+
+@item iso8601
+ISO8601 format, i.e., ``2010-11-23T22:05:21''.
+
+@item user-defined
+A format done according to the @code{gnus-article-time-format}
+variable.
+
+@end table
@xref{Article Date}.
@end table
+Here's a complete example @code{nnimap} backend with a client-side
+``fancy'' splitting method:
+
+@example
+(nnimap "imap.example.com"
+ (nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
+ (nnimap-split-methods
+ (| ("MailScanner-SpamCheck" "spam" "spam.detected")
+ (to "foo@@bar.com" "foo")
+ "undecided")))
+@end example
+
@node Getting Mail
@section Getting Mail
* Anything Groups:: Dired? Who needs dired?
* Document Groups:: Single files can be the basis of a group.
* Mail-To-News Gateways:: Posting articles via mail-to-news gateways.
+* The Empty Backend:: The backend that never has any news.
@end menu
@end lisp
+@node The Empty Backend
+@subsection The Empty Backend
+@cindex nnnil
+
+@code{nnnil} is a backend that can be used as a placeholder if you
+have to specify a backend somewhere, but don't really want to. The
+classical example is if you don't want to have a primary select
+methods, but want to only use secondary ones:
+
+@lisp
+(setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
+(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
+ '((nnimap "foo")
+ (nnml "")))
+@end lisp
+
@node Combined Groups
@section Combined Groups
projects / gnus / blobdiff