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| @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ | |||
| 1 | @c \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- | 1 | @c \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- |
| 2 | @c Uncomment 1st line before texing this file alone. | 2 | @c Uncomment 1st line before texing this file alone. |
| 3 | @c %**start of header | 3 | @c %**start of header |
| 4 | @c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | 4 | @c Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 5 | @c | 5 | @c |
| 6 | @setfilename gnus-faq.info | 6 | @setfilename gnus-faq.info |
| 7 | @settitle Frequently Asked Questions | 7 | @settitle Frequently Asked Questions |
| @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ | |||
| 12 | @section Frequently Asked Questions | 12 | @section Frequently Asked Questions |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | @menu | 14 | @menu |
| 15 | * FAQ - Changes:: | 15 | * FAQ - Changes:: |
| 16 | * FAQ - Introduction:: About Gnus and this FAQ. | 16 | * FAQ - Introduction:: About Gnus and this FAQ. |
| 17 | * FAQ 1 - Installation FAQ:: Installation of Gnus. | 17 | * FAQ 1 - Installation FAQ:: Installation of Gnus. |
| 18 | * FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer:: Start up questions and the | 18 | * FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer:: Start up questions and the |
| @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ | |||
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | This is the new Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list. | 38 | This is the new Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list. |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | Please submit features and suggestions to the | 40 | Please submit features and suggestions to the |
| 41 | @email{ding@@gnus.org, ding list}. | 41 | @email{ding@@gnus.org, ding list}. |
| 42 | 42 | ||
| 43 | @node FAQ - Changes | 43 | @node FAQ - Changes |
| @@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ Where and how to get Gnus? | |||
| 161 | @subsubheading Answer | 161 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 162 | 162 | ||
| 163 | Gnus is released independent from releases of Emacs and XEmacs. | 163 | Gnus is released independent from releases of Emacs and XEmacs. |
| 164 | Therefore, the version bundled with Emacs or the version in XEmacs' | 164 | Therefore, the version bundled with Emacs or the version in XEmacs's |
| 165 | package system might not be up to date (e.g. Gnus 5.9 bundled with Emacs | 165 | package system might not be up to date (e.g. Gnus 5.9 bundled with Emacs |
| 166 | 21 is outdated). | 166 | 21 is outdated). |
| 167 | You can get the latest released version of Gnus from | 167 | You can get the latest released version of Gnus from |
| 168 | @uref{http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz} | 168 | @uref{http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz} |
| 169 | or via anonymous FTP from | 169 | or via anonymous FTP from |
| 170 | @uref{ftp://ftp.gnus.org/pub/gnus/gnus.tar.gz}. | 170 | @uref{ftp://ftp.gnus.org/pub/gnus/gnus.tar.gz}. |
| 171 | 171 | ||
| 172 | @node FAQ 1-4 | 172 | @node FAQ 1-4 |
| @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ What to do with the tarball now? | |||
| 176 | 176 | ||
| 177 | @subsubheading Answer | 177 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 178 | 178 | ||
| 179 | Untar it via @samp{tar xvzf gnus.tar.gz} and do the common | 179 | Untar it via @samp{tar xvzf gnus.tar.gz} and do the common |
| 180 | @samp{./configure; make; make install} circle. | 180 | @samp{./configure; make; make install} circle. |
| 181 | (under MS-Windows either get the Cygwin environment from | 181 | (under MS-Windows either get the Cygwin environment from |
| 182 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com} | 182 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com} |
| @@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ and how to prevent it? | |||
| 266 | @subsubheading Answer | 266 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 267 | 267 | ||
| 268 | This message means that the last time you used Gnus, it | 268 | This message means that the last time you used Gnus, it |
| 269 | wasn't properly exited and therefor couldn't write its | 269 | wasn't properly exited and therefore couldn't write its |
| 270 | informations to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you | 270 | information to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you |
| 271 | are now asked if you want to restore those informations | 271 | are now asked if you want to restore that information |
| 272 | from the auto-save file. | 272 | from the auto-save file. |
| 273 | 273 | ||
| 274 | To prevent this message make sure you exit Gnus | 274 | To prevent this message make sure you exit Gnus |
| @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ hit @samp{C-y}. | |||
| 344 | @subsection Getting Messages | 344 | @subsection Getting Messages |
| 345 | 345 | ||
| 346 | @menu | 346 | @menu |
| 347 | * FAQ 3-1:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus} | 347 | * FAQ 3-1:: I just installed Gnus, started it via @samp{M-x gnus} |
| 348 | but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do? | 348 | but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do? |
| 349 | * FAQ 3-2:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what | 349 | * FAQ 3-2:: I'm working under Windows and have no idea what |
| 350 | ~/.gnus.el means. | 350 | ~/.gnus.el means. |
| @@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ hit @samp{C-y}. | |||
| 369 | @node FAQ 3-1 | 369 | @node FAQ 3-1 |
| 370 | @subsubheading Question 3.1 | 370 | @subsubheading Question 3.1 |
| 371 | 371 | ||
| 372 | I just installed Gnus, started it via | 372 | I just installed Gnus, started it via |
| 373 | @samp{M-x gnus} | 373 | @samp{M-x gnus} |
| 374 | but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do? | 374 | but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do? |
| 375 | 375 | ||
| 376 | @subsubheading Answer | 376 | @subsubheading Answer |
| @@ -396,14 +396,14 @@ I'm working under Windows and have no idea what ~/.gnus.el means. | |||
| 396 | The ~/ means the home directory where Gnus and Emacs look | 396 | The ~/ means the home directory where Gnus and Emacs look |
| 397 | for the configuration files. However, you don't really | 397 | for the configuration files. However, you don't really |
| 398 | need to know what this means, it suffices that Emacs knows | 398 | need to know what this means, it suffices that Emacs knows |
| 399 | what it means :-) You can type | 399 | what it means :-) You can type |
| 400 | @samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET } | 400 | @samp{C-x C-f ~/.gnus.el RET } |
| 401 | (yes, with the forward slash, even on Windows), and | 401 | (yes, with the forward slash, even on Windows), and |
| 402 | Emacs will open the right file for you. (It will most | 402 | Emacs will open the right file for you. (It will most |
| 403 | likely be new, and thus empty.) | 403 | likely be new, and thus empty.) |
| 404 | However, I'd discourage you from doing so, since the | 404 | However, I'd discourage you from doing so, since the |
| 405 | directory Emacs chooses will most certainly not be what | 405 | directory Emacs chooses will most certainly not be what |
| 406 | you want, so let's do it the correct way. | 406 | you want, so let's do it the correct way. |
| 407 | The first thing you've got to do is to | 407 | The first thing you've got to do is to |
| 408 | create a suitable directory (no blanks in directory name | 408 | create a suitable directory (no blanks in directory name |
| 409 | please) e.g. c:\myhome. Then you must set the environment | 409 | please) e.g. c:\myhome. Then you must set the environment |
| @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ machine news.yourprovider.net login YourUserName password YourPassword | |||
| 442 | . | 442 | . |
| 443 | Make sure that the file isn't readable to others if you | 443 | Make sure that the file isn't readable to others if you |
| 444 | work on a OS which is capable of doing so. (Under Unix | 444 | work on a OS which is capable of doing so. (Under Unix |
| 445 | say | 445 | say |
| 446 | @example | 446 | @example |
| 447 | chmod 600 ~/.authinfo | 447 | chmod 600 ~/.authinfo |
| 448 | @end example | 448 | @end example |
| @@ -477,13 +477,13 @@ post on this server as well as I am, what's that? | |||
| 477 | 477 | ||
| 478 | Some providers allow restricted anonymous access and full | 478 | Some providers allow restricted anonymous access and full |
| 479 | access only after authorization. To make Gnus send authinfo | 479 | access only after authorization. To make Gnus send authinfo |
| 480 | to those servers append | 480 | to those servers append |
| 481 | 481 | ||
| 482 | @example | 482 | @example |
| 483 | force yes | 483 | force yes |
| 484 | @end example | 484 | @end example |
| 485 | @noindent | 485 | @noindent |
| 486 | 486 | ||
| 487 | to the line for those servers in ~/.authinfo. | 487 | to the line for those servers in ~/.authinfo. |
| 488 | 488 | ||
| 489 | @node FAQ 3-6 | 489 | @node FAQ 3-6 |
| @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ However, the first thing to do is to tell Gnus in which way | |||
| 563 | it should store the mail, in Gnus terminology which back end | 563 | it should store the mail, in Gnus terminology which back end |
| 564 | to use. Gnus supports many different back ends, the most | 564 | to use. Gnus supports many different back ends, the most |
| 565 | commonly used one is nnml. It stores every mail in one file | 565 | commonly used one is nnml. It stores every mail in one file |
| 566 | and is therefor quite fast. However you might prefer a one | 566 | and is therefore quite fast. However you might prefer a one |
| 567 | file per group approach if your file system has problems with | 567 | file per group approach if your file system has problems with |
| 568 | many small files, the nnfolder back end is then probably the | 568 | many small files, the nnfolder back end is then probably the |
| 569 | choice for you. To use nnml add the following to ~/.gnus.el: | 569 | choice for you. To use nnml add the following to ~/.gnus.el: |
| @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ As you might have guessed, if you want nnfolder, it's | |||
| 580 | @end example | 580 | @end example |
| 581 | @noindent | 581 | @noindent |
| 582 | 582 | ||
| 583 | Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get it's mail from. If | 583 | Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get its mail from. If |
| 584 | it's a POP3 server, then you need something like this: | 584 | it's a POP3 server, then you need something like this: |
| 585 | 585 | ||
| 586 | @example | 586 | @example |
| @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ When I enter a group, all read messages are gone. How to view them again? | |||
| 774 | 774 | ||
| 775 | @subsubheading Answer | 775 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 776 | 776 | ||
| 777 | If you enter the group by saying | 777 | If you enter the group by saying |
| 778 | @samp{RET} | 778 | @samp{RET} |
| 779 | in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say | 779 | in group buffer with point over the group, only unread and ticked messages are loaded. Say |
| 780 | @samp{C-u RET} | 780 | @samp{C-u RET} |
| @@ -787,13 +787,13 @@ Loading only unread messages can be annoying if you have threaded view enabled, | |||
| 787 | (setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some) | 787 | (setq gnus-fetch-old-headers 'some) |
| 788 | @end example | 788 | @end example |
| 789 | @noindent | 789 | @noindent |
| 790 | 790 | ||
| 791 | in ~/.gnus.el to load enough old articles to prevent teared threads, replace 'some with t to load | 791 | in ~/.gnus.el to load enough old articles to prevent teared threads, replace 'some with t to load |
| 792 | all articles (Warning: Both settings enlarge the amount of data which is | 792 | all articles (Warning: Both settings enlarge the amount of data which is |
| 793 | fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group). | 793 | fetched when you enter a group and slow down the process of entering a group). |
| 794 | 794 | ||
| 795 | If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say | 795 | If you already use Gnus 5.10, you can say |
| 796 | @samp{/o N} | 796 | @samp{/o N} |
| 797 | In summary buffer to load the last N messages, this feature is not available in 5.8.8 | 797 | In summary buffer to load the last N messages, this feature is not available in 5.8.8 |
| 798 | 798 | ||
| 799 | If you don't want all old messages, but the parent of the message you're just reading, | 799 | If you don't want all old messages, but the parent of the message you're just reading, |
| @@ -822,9 +822,9 @@ How to view the headers of a message? | |||
| 822 | 822 | ||
| 823 | @subsubheading Answer | 823 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 824 | 824 | ||
| 825 | Say @samp{t} | 825 | Say @samp{t} |
| 826 | to show all headers, one more | 826 | to show all headers, one more |
| 827 | @samp{t} | 827 | @samp{t} |
| 828 | hides them again. | 828 | hides them again. |
| 829 | 829 | ||
| 830 | @node FAQ 4-4 | 830 | @node FAQ 4-4 |
| @@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ How to view the raw unformatted message? | |||
| 834 | 834 | ||
| 835 | @subsubheading Answer | 835 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 836 | 836 | ||
| 837 | Say | 837 | Say |
| 838 | @samp{C-u g} | 838 | @samp{C-u g} |
| 839 | to show the raw message | 839 | to show the raw message |
| 840 | @samp{g} | 840 | @samp{g} |
| 841 | returns to normal view. | 841 | returns to normal view. |
| 842 | 842 | ||
| 843 | @node FAQ 4-5 | 843 | @node FAQ 4-5 |
| @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ Say | |||
| 873 | 873 | ||
| 874 | @example | 874 | @example |
| 875 | (eval-after-load "mm-decode" | 875 | (eval-after-load "mm-decode" |
| 876 | '(progn | 876 | '(progn |
| 877 | (add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/html") | 877 | (add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/html") |
| 878 | (add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/richtext"))) | 878 | (add-to-list 'mm-discouraged-alternatives "text/richtext"))) |
| 879 | @end example | 879 | @end example |
| @@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ back ends. Gnus thinks "highest-article-number - | |||
| 1042 | lowest-article-number = total-number-of-articles". This | 1042 | lowest-article-number = total-number-of-articles". This |
| 1043 | works OK for Usenet groups, but if you delete and move | 1043 | works OK for Usenet groups, but if you delete and move |
| 1044 | many messages in mail groups, this fails. To cure the | 1044 | many messages in mail groups, this fails. To cure the |
| 1045 | symptom, enter the group via @samp{C-u RET} | 1045 | symptom, enter the group via @samp{C-u RET} |
| 1046 | (this makes Gnus get all messages), then | 1046 | (this makes Gnus get all messages), then |
| 1047 | hit @samp{M P b} to mark all messages and | 1047 | hit @samp{M P b} to mark all messages and |
| 1048 | then say @samp{B m name.of.group} to move | 1048 | then say @samp{B m name.of.group} to move |
| @@ -1104,11 +1104,11 @@ I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it? | |||
| 1104 | @subsubheading Answer | 1104 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 1105 | 1105 | ||
| 1106 | You've got to play around with the variable | 1106 | You've got to play around with the variable |
| 1107 | gnus-summary-line-format. It's value is a string of | 1107 | gnus-summary-line-format. Its value is a string of |
| 1108 | symbols which stand for things like author, date, subject | 1108 | symbols which stand for things like author, date, subject |
| 1109 | etc. A list of the available specifiers can be found in the | 1109 | etc. A list of the available specifiers can be found in the |
| 1110 | manual node "Summary Buffer Lines" and the often forgotten | 1110 | manual node "Summary Buffer Lines" and the often forgotten |
| 1111 | node "Formatting Variables" and it's sub-nodes. There | 1111 | node "Formatting Variables" and its sub-nodes. There |
| 1112 | you'll find useful things like positioning the cursor and | 1112 | you'll find useful things like positioning the cursor and |
| 1113 | tabulators which allow you a summary in table form, but | 1113 | tabulators which allow you a summary in table form, but |
| 1114 | sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8. | 1114 | sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8. |
| @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ general rule (regular expression .*) which denotes where | |||
| 1162 | articles should go which don't match any other rule. If | 1162 | articles should go which don't match any other rule. If |
| 1163 | the folder doesn't exist yet, it will be created as soon | 1163 | the folder doesn't exist yet, it will be created as soon |
| 1164 | as an article lands there. By default the mail will be | 1164 | as an article lands there. By default the mail will be |
| 1165 | send to all groups whose rules match. If you | 1165 | send to all groups whose rules match. If you |
| 1166 | don't want that (you probably don't want), say | 1166 | don't want that (you probably don't want), say |
| 1167 | 1167 | ||
| 1168 | @example | 1168 | @example |
| @@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ from using them): | |||
| 1203 | ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.invalid") | 1203 | ("Spam" "^CC: .*azzrael@@t-online.invalid") |
| 1204 | ("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA") | 1204 | ("Spam" "^X-Mailer-Version: 1.50 BETA") |
| 1205 | ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.invalid.*") | 1205 | ("Uni" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*localpart@@uni-koblenz.invalid.*") |
| 1206 | ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|adress@@two.invalid\\)") | 1206 | ("Inbox" "^\\(CC:\\|To:\\).*\\(my\ name\\|address@@one.invalid\\|address@@two.invalid\\)") |
| 1207 | ("Spam" ""))) | 1207 | ("Spam" ""))) |
| 1208 | @end example | 1208 | @end example |
| 1209 | @noindent | 1209 | @noindent |
| @@ -1393,13 +1393,13 @@ You can use ispell.el to spell-check stuff in Emacs. So the | |||
| 1393 | first thing to do is to make sure that you've got either | 1393 | first thing to do is to make sure that you've got either |
| 1394 | @uref{http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/fmg-members/geoff/ispell.html, ispell} | 1394 | @uref{http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/fmg-members/geoff/ispell.html, ispell} |
| 1395 | or @uref{http://aspell.sourceforge.net/, aspell} | 1395 | or @uref{http://aspell.sourceforge.net/, aspell} |
| 1396 | installed and in your Path. Then you need | 1396 | installed and in your Path. Then you need |
| 1397 | @uref{http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html, ispell.el} | 1397 | @uref{http://www.kdstevens.com/~stevens/ispell-page.html, ispell.el} |
| 1398 | and for on-the-fly spell-checking | 1398 | and for on-the-fly spell-checking |
| 1399 | @uref{http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Manuel.Serrano/flyspell/flyspell.html, flyspell.el}. | 1399 | @uref{http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Manuel.Serrano/flyspell/flyspell.html, flyspell.el}. |
| 1400 | Ispell.el is shipped with Emacs and available through the XEmacs package system, | 1400 | Ispell.el is shipped with Emacs and available through the XEmacs package system, |
| 1401 | flyspell.el is shipped with Emacs and part of XEmacs text-modes package which is | 1401 | flyspell.el is shipped with Emacs and part of XEmacs text-modes package which is |
| 1402 | available through the package system, so there should be no need to install them | 1402 | available through the package system, so there should be no need to install them |
| 1403 | manually. | 1403 | manually. |
| 1404 | 1404 | ||
| 1405 | Ispell.el assumes you use ispell, if you choose aspell say | 1405 | Ispell.el assumes you use ispell, if you choose aspell say |
| @@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ Ispell.el assumes you use ispell, if you choose aspell say | |||
| 1408 | (setq ispell-program-name "aspell") | 1408 | (setq ispell-program-name "aspell") |
| 1409 | @end example | 1409 | @end example |
| 1410 | @noindent | 1410 | @noindent |
| 1411 | 1411 | ||
| 1412 | in your Emacs configuration file. | 1412 | in your Emacs configuration file. |
| 1413 | 1413 | ||
| 1414 | If you want your outgoing messages to be spell-checked, say | 1414 | If you want your outgoing messages to be spell-checked, say |
| @@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ Yes, say something like | |||
| 1445 | (ispell-change-dictionary "english"))))) | 1445 | (ispell-change-dictionary "english"))))) |
| 1446 | @end example | 1446 | @end example |
| 1447 | @noindent | 1447 | @noindent |
| 1448 | 1448 | ||
| 1449 | in ~/.gnus.el. Change "^de\\." and "deutsch8" to something | 1449 | in ~/.gnus.el. Change "^de\\." and "deutsch8" to something |
| 1450 | that suits your needs. | 1450 | that suits your needs. |
| 1451 | 1451 | ||
| @@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ cause Gnus to insert the full address for you. See the | |||
| 1472 | node "Mail Aliases" in Message (not Gnus) manual for | 1472 | node "Mail Aliases" in Message (not Gnus) manual for |
| 1473 | details. | 1473 | details. |
| 1474 | 1474 | ||
| 1475 | However, what you really want is the Insidious Big Brother | 1475 | However, what you really want is the Insidious Big Brother |
| 1476 | Database bbdb. Get it through the XEmacs package system or from | 1476 | Database bbdb. Get it through the XEmacs package system or from |
| 1477 | @uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/, bbdb's homepage}. | 1477 | @uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/, bbdb's homepage}. |
| 1478 | Now place the following in ~/.gnus.el, to activate bbdb for Gnus: | 1478 | Now place the following in ~/.gnus.el, to activate bbdb for Gnus: |
| @@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ place them in ~/.emacs: | |||
| 1488 | 1488 | ||
| 1489 | @example | 1489 | @example |
| 1490 | (require 'bbdb) | 1490 | (require 'bbdb) |
| 1491 | ;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the | 1491 | ;;If you don't live in Northern America, you should disable the |
| 1492 | ;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying | 1492 | ;;syntax check for telephone numbers by saying |
| 1493 | (setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil) | 1493 | (setq bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil) |
| 1494 | ;;Tell bbdb about your email address: | 1494 | ;;Tell bbdb about your email address: |
| @@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ X-Face. So fire up some image manipulation program (say | |||
| 1529 | Gimp), open the image you want to include, cut out the | 1529 | Gimp), open the image you want to include, cut out the |
| 1530 | relevant part, reduce color depth to 1 bit, resize to | 1530 | relevant part, reduce color depth to 1 bit, resize to |
| 1531 | 48*48 and save as bitmap. Now you should get the compface | 1531 | 48*48 and save as bitmap. Now you should get the compface |
| 1532 | package from | 1532 | package from |
| 1533 | @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/, this site}. | 1533 | @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/, this site}. |
| 1534 | and create the actual X-face by saying | 1534 | and create the actual X-face by saying |
| 1535 | 1535 | ||
| @@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ cat file.face | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g;s/\"/\\\"/g;' > file.face.quoted | |||
| 1539 | @end example | 1539 | @end example |
| 1540 | @noindent | 1540 | @noindent |
| 1541 | 1541 | ||
| 1542 | If you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at | 1542 | If you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at |
| 1543 | @uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/}. | 1543 | @uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/}. |
| 1544 | If you use MS Windows, you could also use the WinFace program from | 1544 | If you use MS Windows, you could also use the WinFace program from |
| 1545 | @uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}. | 1545 | @uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}. |
| @@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ by saying: | |||
| 1668 | @noindent | 1668 | @noindent |
| 1669 | 1669 | ||
| 1670 | in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.9 or earlier, you can use this | 1670 | in ~/.gnus.el. If you use Gnus 5.9 or earlier, you can use this |
| 1671 | instead (works for newer versions as well): | 1671 | instead (works for newer versions as well): |
| 1672 | 1672 | ||
| 1673 | @example | 1673 | @example |
| 1674 | (eval-after-load "message" | 1674 | (eval-after-load "message" |
| @@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ inconvenient since you are not displaying the found mail | |||
| 1838 | in Gnus. Here comes nnir into action. Nnir is a front end | 1838 | in Gnus. Here comes nnir into action. Nnir is a front end |
| 1839 | to search engines like swish-e or swish++ and | 1839 | to search engines like swish-e or swish++ and |
| 1840 | others. You index your mail with one of those search | 1840 | others. You index your mail with one of those search |
| 1841 | engines and with the help of nnir you can search trough | 1841 | engines and with the help of nnir you can search through |
| 1842 | the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all | 1842 | the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all |
| 1843 | messages which met your search criteria. If this sound | 1843 | messages which met your search criteria. If this sound |
| 1844 | cool to you get nnir.el from | 1844 | cool to you get nnir.el from |
| @@ -1961,12 +1961,12 @@ receives the mail you write from Gnus and sends them | |||
| 1961 | when you're online. | 1961 | when you're online. |
| 1962 | 1962 | ||
| 1963 | Let's talk about Unix systems first: For the news part, | 1963 | Let's talk about Unix systems first: For the news part, |
| 1964 | the easiest solution is a small nntp server like | 1964 | the easiest solution is a small nntp server like |
| 1965 | @uref{http://www.leafnode.org/, Leafnode} or | 1965 | @uref{http://www.leafnode.org/, Leafnode} or |
| 1966 | @uref{http://infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/, sn}, | 1966 | @uref{http://infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/, sn}, |
| 1967 | of course you can also install a full featured news | 1967 | of course you can also install a full featured news |
| 1968 | server like | 1968 | server like |
| 1969 | @uref{http://www.isc.org/products/INN/, inn}. | 1969 | @uref{http://www.isc.org/products/INN/, inn}. |
| 1970 | Then you want to fetch your Mail, popular choices | 1970 | Then you want to fetch your Mail, popular choices |
| 1971 | are @uref{http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/, fetchmail} | 1971 | are @uref{http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/, fetchmail} |
| 1972 | and @uref{http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, getmail}. | 1972 | and @uref{http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, getmail}. |
| @@ -1978,8 +1978,8 @@ sending part: This can be done with every MTA like | |||
| 1978 | @uref{http://www.exim.org/, exim} or | 1978 | @uref{http://www.exim.org/, exim} or |
| 1979 | @uref{http://www.qmail.org/, qmail}. | 1979 | @uref{http://www.qmail.org/, qmail}. |
| 1980 | 1980 | ||
| 1981 | On windows boxes I'd vote for | 1981 | On windows boxes I'd vote for |
| 1982 | @uref{http://www.tglsoft.de/, Hamster}, | 1982 | @uref{http://www.tglsoft.de/, Hamster}, |
| 1983 | it's a small freeware, open-source program which fetches | 1983 | it's a small freeware, open-source program which fetches |
| 1984 | your mail and news from remote servers and offers them | 1984 | your mail and news from remote servers and offers them |
| 1985 | to Gnus (or any other mail and/or news reader) via nntp | 1985 | to Gnus (or any other mail and/or news reader) via nntp |
| @@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ Which mailing lists and newsgroups are there? | |||
| 2136 | @subsubheading Answer | 2136 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 2137 | 2137 | ||
| 2138 | There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (also available as | 2138 | There's the newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus (also available as |
| 2139 | @uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user, | 2139 | @uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user, |
| 2140 | gmane.emacs.gnus.user}) which deals with general Gnus | 2140 | gmane.emacs.gnus.user}) which deals with general Gnus |
| 2141 | questions. If you have questions about development versions of | 2141 | questions. If you have questions about development versions of |
| 2142 | Gnus, you should better ask on the ding mailing list, see below. | 2142 | Gnus, you should better ask on the ding mailing list, see below. |
| @@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ de.comm.software.gnus. | |||
| 2149 | 2149 | ||
| 2150 | The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of | 2150 | The ding mailing list (ding@@gnus.org) deals with development of |
| 2151 | Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name | 2151 | Gnus. You can read the ding list via NNTP, too under the name |
| 2152 | @uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general, | 2152 | @uref{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general, |
| 2153 | gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org. | 2153 | gmane.emacs.gnus.general} from news.gmane.org. |
| 2154 | 2154 | ||
| 2155 | @node FAQ 8-5 | 2155 | @node FAQ 8-5 |
| @@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ Where to report bugs? | |||
| 2160 | @subsubheading Answer | 2160 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 2161 | 2161 | ||
| 2162 | Say @samp{M-x gnus-bug}, this will start | 2162 | Say @samp{M-x gnus-bug}, this will start |
| 2163 | a message to the | 2163 | a message to the |
| 2164 | @email{bugs@@gnus.org, gnus bug mailing list} | 2164 | @email{bugs@@gnus.org, gnus bug mailing list} |
| 2165 | including information about your environment which make | 2165 | including information about your environment which make |
| 2166 | it easier to help you. | 2166 | it easier to help you. |
| @@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up? | |||
| 2190 | 2190 | ||
| 2191 | @subsubheading Answer | 2191 | @subsubheading Answer |
| 2192 | 2192 | ||
| 2193 | The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads it's | 2193 | The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads its |
| 2194 | active file, see the node "The Active File" in the Gnus | 2194 | active file, see the node "The Active File" in the Gnus |
| 2195 | manual for things you might try to speed the process up. | 2195 | manual for things you might try to speed the process up. |
| 2196 | An other idea would be to byte compile your ~/.gnus.el (say | 2196 | An other idea would be to byte compile your ~/.gnus.el (say |
| @@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ building of summary say | |||
| 2237 | 2237 | ||
| 2238 | at the bottom of your ~/.gnus.el, this will make gnus | 2238 | at the bottom of your ~/.gnus.el, this will make gnus |
| 2239 | byte-compile things like | 2239 | byte-compile things like |
| 2240 | gnus-summary-line-format. | 2240 | gnus-summary-line-format. |
| 2241 | then you could increase the value of gc-cons-threshold | 2241 | then you could increase the value of gc-cons-threshold |
| 2242 | by saying something like | 2242 | by saying something like |
| 2243 | 2243 | ||
| @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ recent GNU Emacs, you should say | |||
| 2254 | (setq gnus-use-correct-string-widths nil) | 2254 | (setq gnus-use-correct-string-widths nil) |
| 2255 | @end example | 2255 | @end example |
| 2256 | @noindent | 2256 | @noindent |
| 2257 | 2257 | ||
| 2258 | in ~/.gnus.el (thanks to Jesper harder for the last | 2258 | in ~/.gnus.el (thanks to Jesper harder for the last |
| 2259 | two suggestions). Finally if you are still using 5.8.8 | 2259 | two suggestions). Finally if you are still using 5.8.8 |
| 2260 | or 5.9 and experience speed problems with summary | 2260 | or 5.9 and experience speed problems with summary |