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* Gnus: (gnus). The newsreader Gnus.
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reading news on a machine.
Setting up Gnus as an ``offline'' newsreader is quite simple. In
-fact, you don't even have to configure anything.
+fact, you don't have to configure anything as the agent is now enabled
+by default (@xref{Agent Variables, gnus-agent}).
Of course, to use it as such, you have to learn a few new commands.
@subsection Agent Variables
@table @code
+@item gnus-agent
+@vindex gnus-agent
+Is the agent enabled? The default is @code{t}. When first enabled,
+the agent will use @code{gnus-agent-auto-agentize-methods} to
+automatically mark some backends as agentized. You may change which
+backends are agentized using the agent commands in the server buffer.
+
+To enter the server buffer, use the @kbd{^}
+(@code{gnus-group-enter-server-mode}) command in the group buffer.
+
+
@item gnus-agent-directory
@vindex gnus-agent-directory
Where the Gnus Agent will store its files. The default is
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