-** Gnus changes.
+GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end for copying conditions.
-*** `gnus-select-method' now defaults to `(nntp "news")' instead
-of `(nntp "localhost")'.
+Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
+For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
-*** `gnus-read-active-file' now defaults to `some' instead of t.
+\f
+* Changes in No Gnus
-*** nntp.el has been totally rewritten in an asynchronous fashion.
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
-*** Article prefetching functionality has been moved up into
-Gnus.
+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.
-*** Scoring can now be performed with logical operators like
-`and', `or', `not', and parent redirection.
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
-*** Article washing status can be displayed in the
-article mode line.
+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'.
-*** gnus.el has been split into many smaller files.
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-*** Suppression of duplicate articles based on Message-ID.
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
+*Note RSS::.
-(setq gnus-suppress-duplicates t)
+** 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.
-*** New variables for specifying what score and adapt files
-are to be considered home score and adapt files. See
-`gnus-home-score-file' and `gnus-home-adapt-files'.
+** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See
+`mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME:
+(message)MIME.
-*** Groups can inherit group parameters from parent topics.
+** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines
+are prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables:
+(message)Insertion Variables.
-*** Article editing has been revamped and is now usable.
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-*** Signatures can be recognized in more intelligent fashions.
-See `gnus-signature-separator' and `gnus-signature-limit'.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
-*** Summary pick mode has been made to look more nn-like.
-Line numbers are displayed and the `.' command can be
-used to pick articles.
+** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article
+bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that
+GNU Libidn (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
-*** Commands for moving the .newsrc.eld from one server to
-another have been added.
+** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
- `M-x gnus-change-server'
+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.
-*** A way to specify that "uninteresting" fields be suppressed when
-generating lines in buffers.
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
-*** Several commands in the group buffer can be undone with
-`M-C-_'.
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
+when the server supports it.
-*** Scoring can be done on words using the new score type `w'.
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
-*** Adaptive scoring can be done on a Subject word-by-word basis:
+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 querying the user about whether to do so.
- (setq gnus-use-adaptive-scoring '(word))
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
-*** Scores can be decayed.
-
- (setq gnus-decay-scores t)
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you
+can customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
-*** Scoring can be performed using a regexp on the Date header. The
-Date is normalized to compact ISO 8601 format first.
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
-*** A new command has been added to remove all data on articles from
-the native server.
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
+header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
- `M-x gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups'
+** Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-*** A new command for reading collections of documents
-(nndoc with nnvirtual on top) has been added -- `M-C-d'.
+** 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.
-*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped.
+** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
-*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post
-even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
-*** A new backend for reading searches from Web search engines
-(DejaNews, Alta Vista, InReference) has been added.
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
- Use the `G w' command in the group buffer to create such
- a group.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP
+key ring when you click on them.
-*** Groups inside topics can now be sorted using the standard
-sorting functions, and each topic can be sorted independently.
+** 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)'.
- See the commands under the `T S' submap.
+** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. For
+example, set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will
+be decayed. *Note Score Decays::.
-*** Subsets of the groups can be sorted independently.
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
- See the commands under the `G P' submap.
+** Strings prefixing to 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::.
-*** Cached articles can be pulled into the groups.
-
- Use the `Y c' command.
+** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See
+`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME
+Commands::, *Note Using MIME::.
-*** Score files are now applied in a more reliable order.
+** 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 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'.
-*** Reports on where mail messages end up can be generated.
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
- `M-x nnmail-split-history'
+** Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server
+buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
+which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
+`nntp-via-address' into `bar.example.com' from `foo.example.com',
+Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host
+`bar.example.com' from next time.
-*** More hooks and functions have been added to remove junk
-from incoming mail before saving the mail.
-
- See `nnmail-prepare-incoming-header-hook'.
+** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See
+`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
-*** The nnml mail backend now understands compressed article files.
+\f
+* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright information:
+
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
+ of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
+ copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved,
+ thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn.
+
+ Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
+ of this document, or of portions of it,
+ under the above conditions, provided also that they
+ carry prominent notices stating who last changed them.
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
+end:
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