* Red Gnus:: Third time best---Gnus 5.4/5.5.
* Quassia Gnus:: Two times two is four, or Gnus 5.6/5.7.
* Pterodactyl Gnus:: Pentad also starts with P, AKA Gnus 5.8/5.9.
+* Oort Gnus:: It's big. It's far out. Gnus 5.10.
Customization
* Red Gnus:: Third time best---Gnus 5.4/5.5.
* Quassia Gnus:: Two times two is four, or Gnus 5.6/5.7.
* Pterodactyl Gnus:: Pentad also starts with P, AKA Gnus 5.8/5.9.
+* Oort Gnus:: It's big. It's far out. Gnus 5.10.
@end menu
These lists are, of course, just @emph{short} overviews of the
@end itemize
+@node Oort Gnus
+@subsubsection Oort Gnus
+
+New features in Gnus 5.10:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used Oort.
+
+If you have tried Oort (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
+release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to
+this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove all
+@file{.marks} (nnml) and @file{.mrk} (nnfolder) files, so that flags are
+read from your @file{.newsrc.eld} instead of from the
+@file{.marks}/@file{.mrk} file where this release store flags. See a
+later entry for more information about marks. Note that downgrading
+isn't save in general.
+
+@item
+Article Buttons
+
+More buttons for URLs, mail addresses, Message-IDs, Info links, man
+pages and Emacs or Gnus related references. @xref{Article Buttons}. The
+variables @code{gnus-button-@var{*}-level} can be used to control the
+appearance of all article buttons. @xref{Article Button Levels}.
+
+@item
+Dired integration
+
+@code{gnus-dired-minor-mode} installs key bindings in dired buffers to send
+a file as an attachment (@kbd{C-c C-a}), open a file using the approriate
+mailcap entry (@kbd{C-c C-f}), and print a file using the mailcap entry
+(@kbd{C-c P}). It is enabled with
+@lisp
+(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-gnus-dired-mode)
+@end lisp
+
+@item
+Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. To get started do @kbd{B
+nnrss RET RET} in the Group buffer.
+
+@item
+Single-part yenc encoded attachments can be decoded.
+
+@item
+Picons
+
+The picons code has been reimplemented to work in GNU Emacs -- some of
+the previous options have been removed or renamed.
+
+Picons are small "personal icons" representing users, domain and
+newsgroups, which can be displayed in the Article buffer. To enable
+picons, install the picons database from
+@url{http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html} and point
+@code{gnus-picon-databases} to that location.
+
+@item
+If the new option @code{gnus-treat-body-boundary} is non-@code{nil}, a
+boundary line is drawn at the end of the headers.
+
+@item
+Retrieval of charters and control messages
+
+There are new commands for fetching newsgroup charters (@kbd{H c}) and
+control messages (@kbd{H C}).
+
+@item
+Delayed articles
+
+You can delay the sending of a message with @kbd{C-c C-j} in the Message
+buffer. The messages are delivered at specified time. This is useful
+for sending yourself reminders. Setup with @code{(gnus-delay-initialize)}.
+
+@item
+If @code{auto-compression-mode} is enabled, attachments are automatically
+decompressed when activated.
+
+@item
+If the new option @code{nnml-use-compressed-files} is non-@code{nil},
+the nnml back end allows compressed message files.
+
+@item
+Signed article headers (X-PGP-Sig) can be verified with @code{W p}.
+
+@item
+The Summary Buffer uses an arrow in the fringe to indicate the current
+article. Use @code{(setq gnus-summary-display-arrow nil)} to disable it.
+
+@item
+Warn about email replies to news
+
+Do you often find yourself replying to news by email by mistake? Then
+the new option @code{gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news} is just the thing for
+you.
+
+@item
+If the new option @code{gnus-summary-display-while-building} is
+non-@code{nil}, the summary buffer is shown and updated as it's being
+built.
+
+@item
+The new @code{recent} mark "." indicates newly arrived messages (as
+opposed to old but unread messages).
+
+@item
+The new option @code{gnus-gcc-mark-as-read} automatically marks
+Gcc articles as read.
+
+@item
+The nndoc back end now supports mailman digests and exim bounces.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports RFC 2369 mailing list headers, and adds a number of
+related commands in mailing list groups.
+
+@item
+The Date header can be displayed in a format that can be read aloud
+in English, see @code{gnus-treat-date-english}.
+
+@item
+The envelope sender address can be customized when using Sendmail, see
+@code{message-sendmail-envelope-from}.
+
+@item
+diffs are automatically highlighted in groups matching
+@code{mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp}
+
+@item
+TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus
+
+TLS/SSL is now supported in IMAP and NNTP via @file{tls.el} and GNUTLS. The
+old TLS/SSL support via (external third party) @file{ssl.el} and OpenSSL
+still works.
+
+@item
+New @file{make.bat} for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows
+
+Use @file{make.bat} if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the
+first argument to the batch-program should be the directory where
+@file{xemacs.exe} respectively @file{emacs.exe} is located, iff you want
+to install Gnus after compiling it, give @file{make.bat} @code{/copy} as
+the second parameter.
+
+@file{make.bat} has been rewritten from scratch, it now features
+automatic recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates
+@file{gnus-load.el}, checks if errors occur while compilation and
+generation of info files and reports them at the end of the build
+process. It now uses @command{makeinfo} if it is available and falls
+back to @file{infohack.el} otherwise. @file{make.bat} should now
+install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a
+complete replacement for the @command{configure; make; make install}
+cycle used under Unix systems.
+
+The new @file{make.bat} makes @file{make-x.bat} superfluous, so it has
+been removed.
+
+@item
+Support for non-ASCII domain names
+
+Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will
+query you whether to perform encoding when you try to send a message.
+The variable @code{message-use-idna} controls this. Gnus will also decode
+non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message.
+The variable @code{gnus-use-idna} controls this.
+
+@item
+Better handling of Microsoft citation styles
+
+Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft
+mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even
+though it is not quoted in any way. The variable
+@code{gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp} matches the start of these
+citations.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-article-skip-boring}
+
+If you set @code{gnus-article-skip-boring} to t, then Gnus will not scroll
+down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by
+default means cited text and signature. You can customize what is
+skippable using @code{gnus-article-boring-faces}.
+
+This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that
+consist of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed
+message cited below.
+
+@item
+The format spec @code{%C} for positioning point has changed to @code{%*}.
+
+@item
+The new variable @code{gnus-parameters} can be used to set group parameters.
+
+Earlier this was done only via @code{G p} (or @code{G c}), which stored
+the parameters in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}, but via this variable you can
+enjoy the powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the
+variable in @file{~/.emacs} instead of @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. The
+variable maps regular expressions matching group names to group
+parameters, a'la:
+@lisp
+(setq gnus-parameters
+ '(("mail\\..*"
+ (gnus-show-threads nil)
+ (gnus-use-scoring nil))
+ ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$"
+ (to-group . "\\1"))))
+@end lisp
+
+@item
+Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too.
+
+Put @code{(setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil)} in @file{~/.emacs} to disable it.
+
+@item
+Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically.
+
+Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was
+different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing
+algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversally) the
+only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to
+cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead,
+see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by
+default. See the variables @code{message-required-headers},
+@code{message-required-news-headers}, and @code{message-required-mail-headers}.
+
+@item
+Features from third party @file{message-utils.el} added to @file{message.el}.
+
+Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: <old subject>)" from
+subject lines (see @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query}). @kbd{C-c
+M-m} and @kbd{C-c M-f} inserts markers indicating included text.
+@kbd{C-c C-f a} adds a X-No-Archive: header. @kbd{C-c C-f x} inserts
+appropriate headers and a note in the body for cross-postings and
+followups (see the variables @code{message-cross-post-@var{*}}).
+
+@item
+References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you start
+composing messages and @code{message-generate-headers-first} is
+@code{nil}.
+
+@item
+Improved anti-spam features.
+
+Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams
+using a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported
+methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks
+for easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash
+are also new.
+
+@item
+Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers.
+
+@item
+In the summary buffer, the new command @kbd{/ N} inserts new messages
+and @kbd{/ o} inserts old messages.
+
+@item
+Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press @kbd{W m}.
+
+@item
+Unread count correct in nnimap groups.
+
+The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now
+be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling
+@code{nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news} from the
+@code{gnus-setup-news-hook} (called on startup) and
+@code{gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook}. (called after getting new
+mail). If you have modified those variables from the default, you may
+want to add @code{nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news} again. If
+you were happy with the estimate and want to save some (minimal) time
+when getting new mail, remove the function.
+
+@item
+Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting
+
+To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups
+are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means
+variables such as @code{gnus-message-archive-group} should no longer
+contain quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if
+you are using the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" (indicating Gcc into two
+groups) you must change it to return the list ("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar"),
+otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that
+returning the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" was incorrect earlier, it
+just didn't generate any problems since it was inserted directly.
+
+@item
+@file{~/News/overview/} not used.
+
+As a result of the following change, the @file{~/News/overview/}
+directory is not used any more. You can safely delete the entire
+hierarchy.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-agent}
+
+The Gnus Agent has seen a major updated and is now enabled by default,
+and all nntp and nnimap servers from gnus-select-method and
+gnus-secondary-select-method are agentized by default. Earlier only the
+server in gnus-select-method was agentized by the default, and the agent
+was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are now
+also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the backends when
+possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can
+enroll or remove servers with @kbd{J a} and @kbd{J r} in the server
+buffer. Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless
+you instruct it to do so, though, by using @kbd{J u} or @kbd{J s} from
+the Group buffer. You revert to the old behaviour of having the Agent
+disabled with @kbd{(setq gnus-agent nil)}. Note that putting
+@code{(gnus-agentize)} in @file{~/.gnus.el} is not needed any more.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-summary-line-format}
+
+The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n".
+Moreover @code{gnus-extra-headers}, @code{nnmail-extra-headers} and
+@code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} changed their default so that the users
+name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name
+posting to for NNTP groups.
+
+@item
+@file{deuglify.el} (@code{gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article})
+
+A new file from Raymond Scholz @email{rscholz@@zonix.de} for deuglifying
+broken Outlook (Express) articles.
+
+@item
+@code{(require 'gnus-load)}
+
+If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add
+@code{(require 'gnus-load)} into your @file{~/.emacs} after adding the Gnus
+lisp directory into load-path.
+
+File @file{gnus-load.el} contains autoload commands, functions and variables,
+some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-slave-unplugged}
+
+A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode.
+
+@item
+@code{message-insinuate-rmail}
+
+Adding @code{(message-insinuate-rmail)} and @code{(setq mail-user-agent
+'gnus-user-agent)} in .emacs convinces Rmail to compose, reply and
+forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of
+@acronym{MML}.
+
+@item
+@code{message-minibuffer-local-map}
+
+The line below enables BBDB in resending a message:
+@lisp
+(define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)]
+ 'bbdb-complete-name)
+@end lisp
+
+@item
+Externalizing and deleting of attachments.
+
+If @code{gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments} (or
+@code{message-fcc-externalize-attachments}) is non-@code{nil}, attach
+local files as external parts.
+
+The command @code{gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip} (bound to @kbd{C-o} on
+@acronym{MIME} buttons) saves a part and replaces the part with an external one.
+@code{gnus-mime-delete-part} (bound to @kbd{d} on @acronym{MIME} buttons) removes
+a part. It works only on back ends that support editing.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-default-charset}
+
+The default value is determined from the current-language-environment
+variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in
+@code{gnus-group-charset-alist} is removed.
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-posting-styles}
+
+Add a new format of match like
+@lisp
+((header "to" "larsi.*org")
+ (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
+@end lisp
+The old format like the lines below is obsolete, but still accepted.
+@lisp
+(header "to" "larsi.*org"
+ (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
+@end lisp
+
+@item
+@code{message-ignored-news-headers} and @code{message-ignored-mail-headers}
+
+X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
+these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
+those two headers too.
+
+@item
+Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
+
+If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
+in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. @code{(setq
+gnus-agent-cache nil)} reverts to the old behavior.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
+
+On composing messages, it is enabled by @code{use-hard-newlines}. Decoding
+format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
+
+This is invoked with the @kbd{C-c M-n} key binding from message mode.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports Maildir groups.
+
+Gnus includes a new backend @file{nnmaildir.el}.
+
+@item
+Printing capabilities are enhanced.
+
+Gnus supports Muttprint natively with @kbd{O P} from the Summary and
+Article buffers. Also, each individual @acronym{MIME} part can be printed using
+@kbd{p} on the @acronym{MIME} button.
+
+@item
+Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header.
+
+In the message buffer, @kbd{C-c C-f C-i} or @kbd{C-c C-u} cycles through
+the valid values.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
+
+This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
+used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for cancelling and
+superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time
+you post a message, and saves it in your @file{~/.emacs} using the Custom
+system. While the variable is called @code{canlock-password}, it is not
+security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web
+will not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do.
+The behaviour can be changed by customizing @code{message-insert-canlock}.
+
+@item
+Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
+
+Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
+complete Sieve script is generated using @code{D g} from the Group buffer,
+and then uploaded to the server using @kbd{C-c C-l} in the generated Sieve
+buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
+Sieve manual, for more information.
+
+@item
+Extended format specs.
+
+Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
+@code{gnus-summary-line-format-alist}. Also, user defined extended
+format specs are supported. The extended format specs look like
+"%u&foo;", which invokes function
+@code{gnus-user-format-function-@var{foo}}. Because "&" is used as the
+escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no longer supported.
+
+@item
+@code{/ *} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-include-cached}) is rewritten.
+
+It was aliased to @code{Y c}
+(@code{gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles}). The new function filters
+out other articles.
+
+@item
+Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
+
+This is supposedly what USEFOR wanted to migrate to. See
+@code{gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist} and
+@code{gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist} for customization.
+
+@item
+The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
+
+This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
+separately of @file{~/.newsrc.eld}, while preserving marks. It also
+makes it possible to share articles and marks between users (without
+sharing the @file{~/.newsrc.eld} file) within e.g. a department. It
+works by storing the marks stored in @file{~/.newsrc.eld} in a per-group
+file @file{.marks} (for nnml) and @file{@var{groupname}.mrk} (for
+nnfolder, named @var{groupname}). If the nnml/nnfolder is moved to
+another machine, Gnus will automatically use the @file{.marks} or
+@file{.mrk} file instead of the information in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
+The new server variables @code{nnml-marks-is-evil} and
+@code{nnfolder-marks-is-evil} can be used to disable this feature.
+
+@item
+The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has
+been renamed to "Gnus".
+
+@item
+The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "@acronym{MML}" has been
+renamed to "Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security
+related stuff, like signing and encryption (@pxref{Security, Security,,
+message, Message Manual}).
+
+@item
+@code{gnus-group-charset-alist} and
+@code{gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist}.
+
+The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
+instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
+variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
+@lisp
+("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
+@end lisp
+
+@item
+Gnus supports @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991/2440), @acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC
+2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME} (RFC 2630-2633).
+
+It needs an external @acronym{S/MIME} and OpenPGP implementation, but no
+additional lisp libraries. This add several menu items to the
+Attachments menu, and @kbd{C-c RET} key bindings, when composing
+messages. This also obsoletes @code{gnus-article-hide-pgp-hook}.
+
+@item
+Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
+
+@item
+@acronym{MML} (Mime compose) prefix changed from @kbd{M-m} to @kbd{C-c
+C-m}.
+
+This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
+@code{back-to-indentation}, which is also useful in message mode.
+@end itemize
+
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