GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe
in general.
-** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back
`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
-*Note RSS::.
+ *Note RSS::.
** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article
-bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This require that
+bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that
GNU Libidn (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
-This provide a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
+This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation,
include support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM.
** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
-when the server support it.
+when the server supports it.
-** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el.
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout
of 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the
** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
-By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
-** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack a "MIME-Version"
header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
+** Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See
+** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See
the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use `(setq
message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable.
visible, use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'.
** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. This
-allows to decay only adaptive score files. *Note Score Decays::.
+allows only adaptive score files to decay. *Note Score Decays::.
-** S/MIME now feature LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
-** Strings prefixed to the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines
+** Strings prefixing the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines
when using `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' can be customized with
`gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'. *Note
To From Newsgroups::.
** Lisp files are now installed in .../site-lisp/gnus/ by default. It
defaulted to .../site-lisp/ formerly. In addition to this, the new
-installer issues a warning if the other Gnus installations which will
+installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will
shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows
manually or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with starttls.
+
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* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".