-** 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, the Emacs newsreader, has undergone further rewriting. Many new
-commands and variables have been added. There should be no
-significant imcompatabilities between this Gnus version and the
-previosly released version, except in the message composition area.
+Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
+For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
-Below is a list of the more user-visible changes. Coding changes
-between Gnus 5.1 and 5.2 are more extensive.
+\f
+* Changes in No Gnus
-*** A new message composition mode is used. All old customization
-variables for mail-mode, rnews-reply-mode and gnus-msg are now
-absolete.
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
-*** Gnus is now able to generate "sparse" threads -- threads where
-missing articles are represented by empty nodes.
+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.
- (setq gnus-build-sparse-threads 'some)
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
-*** Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server.
+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'.
- To disable this: (setq gnus-message-archive-group nil)
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-*** Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are
-referred.
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
+*Note RSS::.
-*** Gnus can make use of GroupLens predictions:
+** 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.
- (setq gnus-use-grouplens t)
+** 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.
-*** Picons (personal icons) can be displayed under XEmacs.
+** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines
+are prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables:
+(message)Insertion Variables.
- (setq gnus-use-picons t)
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-*** A trn-line tree buffer can be displayed.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
- (setq gnus-use-trees t)
+** 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.
-*** An nn-like pick-and-read minor mode is available for the summary
-buffers.
+** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
+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.
-*** In binary groups you can use a special binary minor mode:
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
- `M-x gnus-binary-mode'
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
+when the server supports it.
-*** Groups can be grouped in a folding topic hierarchy.
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
- (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode)
+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.
-*** Gnus can resend and bounce mail.
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
- Use the `S D r' and `S D b'.
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you
+can customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
-*** Groups can now have a score, and bubbling based on entry frequency
-is possible.
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-exit-hook 'gnus-summary-bubble-group)
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
+header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-*** Groups can be process-marked, and commands can be performed on
-groups of groups.
+** Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-*** Caching is possible in virtual groups.
+** 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.
-*** nndoc now understands all kinds of digests, mail boxes, rnews news
-batches, ClariNet briefs collections, and just about everything else.
+** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
-*** Gnus has a new backend (nnsoup) to create/read SOUP packets.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
-*** The Gnus cache is much faster.
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
-*** Groups can be sorted according to many criteria.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP
+key ring when you click on them.
- For instance: (setq gnus-group-sort-function 'gnus-group-sort-by-rank)
+** 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)'.
-*** New group parameters have been introduced to set list-address and
-expiry times.
+** `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::.
-*** All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used.
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
-*** There are several more commands for setting/removing/acting on
-process marked articles on the `M 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::.
-*** The summary buffer can be limited to show parts of the available
-articles based on a wide range of criteria. These commands have been
-bound to keys on the `/' submap.
+** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See
+`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME
+Commands::, *Note Using MIME::.
-*** Articles can be made persistent -- as an alternative to saving
-articles with the `*' command.
+** 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'.
-*** All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
-*** Article headers can be buttonized.
+** 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.
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head)
+** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See
+`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
-*** All mail backends support fetching articles by Message-ID.
+\f
+* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
-*** Duplicate mail can now be treated properly. See the
-`nnmail-treat-duplicates' variable.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright information:
-*** All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
-buffer.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-*** Frames can be part of `gnus-buffer-configuration'.
+ 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.
-*** Mail can be re-scanned by a daemonic process.
-
-*** Gnus can make use of NoCeM files to filter spam.
-
- (setq gnus-use-nocem t)
-
-*** Groups can be made permanently visible.
-
- (setq gnus-permanently-visible-groups "^nnml:")
-
-*** Many new hooks have been introduced to make customizing easier.
-
-*** Gnus respects the Mail-Copies-To header.
-
-*** Threads can be gathered by looking at the References header.
-
- (setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
- 'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
-
-*** Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
-refetching.
-
- (setq gnus-keep-backlog 50)
-
-*** A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
-buffer to allow easier treatment.
-
-*** Gnus can suggest where to save articles. See `gnus-split-methods'.
-
-*** Gnus doesn't have to do as much prompting when saving.
-
- (setq gnus-prompt-before-saving t)
-
-*** gnus-uu can view decoded files asynchronously while fetching
-articles.
-
- (setq gnus-uu-grabbed-file-functions 'gnus-uu-grab-view)
-
-*** Filling in the article buffer now works properly on cited text.
-
-*** Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much
-cited text to hide is now customizable.
-
- (setq gnus-cited-lines-visible 2)
-
-*** Boring headers can be hidden.
-
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-hide-boring-headers)
-
-*** Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
-
-*** Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.
-
-The Gnus manual has been expanded. It explains all these new features
-in greater detail.
+ 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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