displayed or this variable is overridden by
@code{gnus-buttonized-mime-types}. The default value is
@code{(".*/.*")}. This variable is only used when
-@code{gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing} is nil.
+@code{gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing} is @code{nil}.
@item gnus-buttonized-mime-types
@vindex gnus-buttonized-mime-types
displayed. This variable overrides
@code{gnus-unbuttonized-mime-types}. The default value is @code{nil}.
This variable is only used when @code{gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing}
-is nil.
+is @code{nil}.
To see e.g. security buttons but no other buttons, you could set this
variable to @code{("multipart/signed")} and leave
@item gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing
@vindex gnus-inhibit-mime-unbuttonizing
-If this is non-nil, then all @sc{mime} parts get buttons. The default
-value is @code{nil}.
+If this is non-@code{nil}, then all @sc{mime} parts get buttons. The
+default value is @code{nil}.
@item gnus-article-mime-part-function
@vindex gnus-article-mime-part-function
@item gnus-newsgroup-variables
A list of newsgroup (summary buffer) local variables, or cons of
variables and their default values (when the default values are not
-nil), that should be made global while the summary buffer is active.
-These variables can be used to set variables in the group parameters
-while still allowing them to affect operations done in other
-buffers. For example:
+@code{nil}), that should be made global while the summary buffer is
+active. These variables can be used to set variables in the group
+parameters while still allowing them to affect operations done in
+other buffers. For example:
@lisp
(setq gnus-newsgroup-variables
@vindex nnspool-sift-nov-with-sed
@cindex sed
If non-@code{nil}, which is the default, use @code{sed} to get the
-relevant portion from the overview file. If nil, @code{nnspool} will
-load the entire file into a buffer and process it there.
+relevant portion from the overview file. If @code{nil},
+@code{nnspool} will load the entire file into a buffer and process it
+there.
@end table
@vindex nnmail-mail-splitting-charset
@vindex nnmail-mail-splitting-decodes
-By default the splitting codes @sc{mime} decodes headers so you can match
-on non-ASCII strings. The @code{nnmail-mail-splitting-charset}
+By default the splitting codes @sc{mime} decodes headers so you can
+match on non-ASCII strings. The @code{nnmail-mail-splitting-charset}
variable specifies the default charset for decoding. The behaviour
can be turned off completely by binding
-@code{nnmail-mail-splitting-decodes} to nil, which is useful if you
-want to match articles based on the raw header data.
+@code{nnmail-mail-splitting-decodes} to @code{nil}, which is useful if
+you want to match articles based on the raw header data.
@vindex nnmail-resplit-incoming
-By default, splitting is performed on all incoming messages. If
-you specify a @code{directory} entry for the variable
-@code{mail-sources} @pxref{Mail Source Specifiers}, however, then
-splitting does @emph{not} happen by default. You can set the variable
-@code{nnmail-resplit-incoming} to a non-nil value to make splitting
-happen even in this case. (This variable has no effect on other kinds
-of entries.)
+By default, splitting is performed on all incoming messages. If you
+specify a @code{directory} entry for the variable @code{mail-sources}
+@pxref{Mail Source Specifiers}, however, then splitting does
+@emph{not} happen by default. You can set the variable
+@code{nnmail-resplit-incoming} to a non-@code{nil} value to make
+splitting happen even in this case. (This variable has no effect on
+other kinds of entries.)
Gnus gives you all the opportunity you could possibly want for shooting
yourself in the foot. Let's say you create a group that will contain
@item directory
@vindex nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once
-Get mail from several files in a directory. This is typically used when
-you have procmail split the incoming mail into several files. That is,
-there is a one-to-one correspondence between files in that directory and
-groups, so that mail from the file @file{foo.bar.spool} will be put in
-the group @code{foo.bar}. (You can change the suffix to be used instead
-of @code{.spool}.) Setting
-@code{nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once} to non-nil forces Gnus to
-scan the mail source only once. This is particularly useful if you want
-to scan mail groups at a specified level.
+Get mail from several files in a directory. This is typically used
+when you have procmail split the incoming mail into several files.
+That is, there is a one-to-one correspondence between files in that
+directory and groups, so that mail from the file @file{foo.bar.spool}
+will be put in the group @code{foo.bar}. (You can change the suffix
+to be used instead of @code{.spool}.) Setting
+@code{nnmail-scan-directory-mail-source-once} to non-@code{nil} forces
+Gnus to scan the mail source only once. This is particularly useful
+if you want to scan mail groups at a specified level.
@vindex nnmail-resplit-incoming
There is also the variable @code{nnmail-resplit-incoming}, if you set
-that to a non-nil value, then the normal splitting process is applied
-to all the files from the directory, @ref{Splitting Mail}.
+that to a non-@code{nil} value, then the normal splitting process is
+applied to all the files from the directory, @ref{Splitting Mail}.
Keywords:
but more flags are defined in RFC 2060 section 2.3.2.
@item :dontexpunge
-If non-nil, don't remove all articles marked as deleted in the mailbox
-after finishing the fetch.
+If non-@code{nil}, don't remove all articles marked as deleted in the
+mailbox after finishing the fetch.
@end table
prompted.
@item :dontexpunge
-If non-nil, only fetch unread articles and don't move them to trash
-folder after finishing the fetch.
+If non-@code{nil}, only fetch unread articles and don't move them to
+trash folder after finishing the fetch.
@end table
@table @code
@item :plugged
-If non-nil, fetch the mail even when Gnus is unplugged. If you use
-directory source to get mail, you can specify it as in this example:
+If non-@code{nil}, fetch the mail even when Gnus is unplugged. If you
+use directory source to get mail, you can specify it as in this
+example:
@lisp
(setq mail-sources
@item mail-source-delete-old-incoming-confirm
@vindex mail-source-delete-old-incoming-confirm
-If @code{non-nil}, ask for for confirmation before deleting old incoming
+If non-@code{nil}, ask for for confirmation before deleting old incoming
files. This variable only applies when
@code{mail-source-delete-incoming} is a positive number.
@item mail-source-movemail-program
@vindex mail-source-movemail-program
-If non-nil, name of program for fetching new mail. If nil,
-@code{movemail} in @var{exec-directory}.
+If non-@code{nil}, name of program for fetching new mail. If
+@code{nil}, @code{movemail} in @var{exec-directory}.
@end table
messages into the right group. With this function, you only have to do
it once per thread.
-To use this feature, you have to set @code{nnmail-treat-duplicates} and
-@code{nnmail-cache-accepted-message-ids} to a non-nil value. And then
-you can include @code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent} using the colon
-feature, like so:
+To use this feature, you have to set @code{nnmail-treat-duplicates}
+and @code{nnmail-cache-accepted-message-ids} to a non-@code{nil}
+value. And then you can include @code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent}
+using the colon feature, like so:
@lisp
(setq nnmail-treat-duplicates 'warn ; or 'delete
nnmail-cache-accepted-message-ids t
@end lisp
This feature works as follows: when @code{nnmail-treat-duplicates} is
-non-nil, Gnus records the message id of every message it sees in the
-file specified by the variable @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-file},
-together with the group it is in (the group is omitted for non-mail
-messages). When mail splitting is invoked, the function
-@code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent} then looks at the References (and
-In-Reply-To) header of each message to split and searches the file
-specified by @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-file} for the message ids.
-When it has found a parent, it returns the corresponding group name
-unless the group name matches the regexp
-@code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent-ignore-groups}. It is recommended
-that you set @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-length} to a somewhat higher
-number than the default so that the message ids are still in the cache.
-(A value of 5000 appears to create a file some 300 kBytes in size.)
+non-@code{nil}, Gnus records the message id of every message it sees
+in the file specified by the variable
+@code{nnmail-message-id-cache-file}, together with the group it is in
+(the group is omitted for non-mail messages). When mail splitting is
+invoked, the function @code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent} then looks
+at the References (and In-Reply-To) header of each message to split
+and searches the file specified by @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-file}
+for the message ids. When it has found a parent, it returns the
+corresponding group name unless the group name matches the regexp
+@code{nnmail-split-fancy-with-parent-ignore-groups}. It is
+recommended that you set @code{nnmail-message-id-cache-length} to a
+somewhat higher number than the default so that the message ids are
+still in the cache. (A value of 5000 appears to create a file some
+300 kBytes in size.)
@vindex nnmail-cache-accepted-message-ids
When @code{nnmail-cache-accepted-message-ids} is non-@code{nil}, Gnus
also records the message ids of moved articles, so that the followup
@item nnfolder-nov-directory
@vindex nnfolder-nov-directory
-The directory where the @sc{nov} files should be stored. If nil,
-@code{nnfolder-directory} is used.
+The directory where the @sc{nov} files should be stored. If
+@code{nil}, @code{nnfolder-directory} is used.
@item nnfolder-marks-is-evil
@vindex nnfolder-marks-is-evil
@item nnfolder-marks-directory
@vindex nnfolder-marks-directory
-The directory where the @sc{marks} files should be stored. If nil,
-@code{nnfolder-directory} is used.
+The directory where the @sc{marks} files should be stored. If
+@code{nil}, @code{nnfolder-directory} is used.
@end table
@item nnimap-importantize-dormant
@vindex nnimap-importantize-dormant
-If non-nil (the default), marks dormant articles as ticked (as well),
-for other @sc{imap} clients. Within Gnus, dormant articles will
+If non-@code{nil} (the default), marks dormant articles as ticked (as
+well), for other @sc{imap} clients. Within Gnus, dormant articles will
naturally still (only) be marked as dormant. This is to make dormant
articles stand out, just like ticked articles, in other @sc{imap}
clients. (In other words, Gnus has two ``Tick'' marks and @sc{imap}
@cindex crosspost
@vindex nnimap-split-crosspost
-If non-nil, do crossposting if several split methods match the mail. If
-nil, the first match in @code{nnimap-split-rule} found will be used.
+If non-@code{nil}, do crossposting if several split methods match the
+mail. If @code{nil}, the first match in @code{nnimap-split-rule}
+found will be used.
Nnmail equivalent: @code{nnmail-crosspost}.
@vindex nnimap-split-inbox
A string or a list of strings that gives the name(s) of @sc{imap}
-mailboxes to split from. Defaults to nil, which means that splitting is
-disabled!
+mailboxes to split from. Defaults to @code{nil}, which means that
+splitting is disabled!
@lisp
(setq nnimap-split-inbox
The second element can also be a function. In that case, it will be
called with the first element of the rule as the argument, in a buffer
-containing the headers of the article. It should return a non-nil value
-if it thinks that the mail belongs in that group.
+containing the headers of the article. It should return a
+non-@code{nil} value if it thinks that the mail belongs in that group.
Nnmail users might recollect that the last regexp had to be empty to
match all articles (like in the example above). This is not required in
@findex nnimap-split-download-body
@vindex nnimap-split-download-body
-Set to non-nil to download entire articles during splitting. This is
-generally not required, and will slow things down considerably. You
-may need it if you want to use an advanced splitting function that
-analyses the body to split the article.
+Set to non-@code{nil} to download entire articles during splitting.
+This is generally not required, and will slow things down
+considerably. You may need it if you want to use an advanced
+splitting function that analyses the body to split the article.
@end table
@vindex gnus-agent-cache
Variable to control whether use the locally stored @sc{nov} and
articles when plugged, e.g. essentially using the Agent as a cache.
-The default is non-nil, which means to use the Agent as a cache.
+The default is non-@code{nil}, which means to use the Agent as a cache.
@item gnus-agent-go-online
@vindex gnus-agent-go-online
group name, the @var{file-name} will be used as the home score file.
@item
-A function. If the function returns non-nil, the result will be used as
-the home score file.
+A function. If the function returns non-@code{nil}, the result will
+be used as the home score file.
@item
A string. Use the string as the home score file.
The blackhole check uses the @code{dig.el} package, but you can tell
@code{spam.el} to use @code{dns.el} instead for better performance if
-you set @code{spam-use-dig} to nil. It is not recommended at this
-time to set @code{spam-use-dig} to nil despite the possible
-performance improvements, because some users may be unable to use it,
-but you can try it and see if it works for you.
+you set @code{spam-use-dig} to @code{nil}. It is not recommended at
+this time to set @code{spam-use-dig} to @code{nil} despite the
+possible performance improvements, because some users may be unable to
+use it, but you can try it and see if it works for you.
@end defvar
@defvar spam-blackhole-good-server-regex
A regular expression for IPs that should not be checked against the
-blackhole server list. When set to nil, it has no effect.
+blackhole server list. When set to @code{nil}, it has no effect.
@end defvar
@item (nnchoke-request-update-info GROUP INFO &optional SERVER)
A Gnus group info (@pxref{Group Info}) is handed to the back end for
-alterations. This comes in handy if the back end really carries all the
-information (as is the case with virtual and imap groups). This
+alterations. This comes in handy if the back end really carries all
+the information (as is the case with virtual and imap groups). This
function should destructively alter the info to suit its needs, and
-should return a non-nil value.
+should return a non-@code{nil} value.
There should be no result data from this function.
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