GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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-* Changes in Oort Gnus
-
-** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
-
-** Extended format specs.
-
-Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
-gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
-specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
-which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
-used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
-longer supported.
-** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
-
-It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
-function filters out other articles.
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+* Changes in No Gnus
-** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
-This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
-`gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
-`gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
+If you have tried No Gnus (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 the
+`~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
+read from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file,
+where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for
+more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe
+in general.
-** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
+** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.
-This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
-separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
-possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
-.newsrc.eld) within e.g. a department.
+The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
+`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back
+end) variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that
+you can copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another
+Gnus installation, and it will realize what articles you have read
+and marked. The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same
+data in `~/.newsrc.eld'.
-** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
- renamed to "Gnus".
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
- "Attachments".
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
+*Note RSS::.
-** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist
+** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
+format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
+inline PGP signed messages.
-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:
+** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
- ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-** Gnus now supports PGP (RFC 1991), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
-SMIME.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
-** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
+** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article
+bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This require that
+GNU Libidn (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
-** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
+** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
-This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
-`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
+This provide 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.
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-* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
-The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
-four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
-internationalization and mail-fetching.
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
+when the server support it.
-** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
-many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
+** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el.
-If you used procmail like in
+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
+PGP back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism.
+Passwords for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism,
+after quering the user about whether to do so.
-(setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
-(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
-(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
-(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
-this now has changed to
+By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can
+customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
-(setq mail-sources
- '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
- :suffix ".in")))
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
-More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
-Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
+** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
+header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
-Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
+** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
-many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
+** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See
+the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use `(setq
+message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable.
-** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
-called to position point.
+** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
-** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
-summary buffers and NOV files.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::
-** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
-of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
-** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
-subtly different manner.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP
+key ring when you click on them.
-** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
-and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
-ever-changing layouts.
+** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The
+`References' header is hidden by default. To make all headers
+visible, use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'.
-** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
+** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. This
+allows to decay only adaptive score files. *Note Score Decays::.
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* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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