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A new message composition mode is used. All old customization variables
for
mail-mode
, rnews-reply-mode
and gnus-msg
are
now obsolete.
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Gnus is now able to generate sparse threads--threads where
missing articles are represented by empty nodes (see section 3.9.1 Customizing Threading).
(setq gnus-build-sparse-threads 'some)
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Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server
(see section 5.4 Archived Messages).
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Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are
referred.
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Gnus can make use of GroupLens predictions (see section 7.15 GroupLens).
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Picons (personal icons) can be displayed under XEmacs (see section 8.16.1 Picons).
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A
trn
-like tree buffer can be displayed (see section 3.24 Tree Display).
(setq gnus-use-trees t)
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An
nn
-like pick-and-read minor mode is available for the summary
buffers (see section 3.23.1 Pick and Read).
(add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
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In binary groups you can use a special binary minor mode (see section 3.23.2 Binary Groups).
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Groups can be grouped in a folding topic hierarchy (see section 2.16 Group Topics).
(add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode)
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Gnus can re-send and bounce mail (see section 3.5.1 Summary Mail Commands).
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Groups can now have a score, and bubbling based on entry frequency
is possible (see section 2.7 Group Score).
(add-hook 'gnus-summary-exit-hook 'gnus-summary-bubble-group)
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Groups can be process-marked, and commands can be performed on
groups of groups (see section 2.8 Marking Groups).
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Caching is possible in virtual groups.
-
nndoc
now understands all kinds of digests, mail boxes, rnews
news batches, ClariNet briefs collections, and just about everything
else (see section 6.6.3 Document Groups).
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Gnus has a new back end (
nnsoup
) to create/read SOUP packets
(see section 6.6.4 SOUP).
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The Gnus cache is much faster.
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Groups can be sorted according to many criteria (see section 2.12 Sorting Groups).
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New group parameters have been introduced to set list-addresses and
expiry times (see section 2.10 Group Parameters).
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All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used
(see section 8.4.5 Formatting Fonts).
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There are several more commands for setting/removing/acting on process
marked articles on the M P submap (see section 3.7.6 Setting Process Marks).
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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 (see section 3.8 Limiting).
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Articles can be made persistent with the * command
(see section 3.13 Persistent Articles).
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All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
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Article headers can be buttonized (see section 3.17.4 Article Washing).
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All mail back ends support fetching articles by
Message-ID
.
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Duplicate mail can now be treated properly (see section 6.3.11 Duplicates).
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All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
buffer (see section 4.4 Article Keymap).
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Frames can be part of
gnus-buffer-configuration
(see section 8.5 Window Layout).
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Mail can be re-scanned by a daemonic process (see section 8.11 Daemons).
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Gnus can make use of NoCeM files to weed out spam (see section 8.12 NoCeM).
(setq gnus-use-nocem t)
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Groups can be made permanently visible (see section 2.11 Listing Groups).
(setq gnus-permanently-visible-groups "^nnml:")
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Many new hooks have been introduced to make customizing easier.
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Gnus respects the
Mail-Copies-To
header.
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Threads can be gathered by looking at the
References
header
(see section 3.9.1 Customizing Threading).
(setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
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Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
refetching (see section 3.14 Article Backlog).
(setq gnus-keep-backlog 50)
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A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
buffer to allow easier treatment.
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Gnus can suggest where to save articles (see section 3.15 Saving Articles).
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Gnus doesn't have to do as much prompting when saving (see section 3.15 Saving Articles).
(setq gnus-prompt-before-saving t)
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gnus-uu
can view decoded files asynchronously while fetching
articles (see section 3.16.5.2 Other Decode Variables).
(setq gnus-uu-grabbed-file-functions 'gnus-uu-grab-view)
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Filling in the article buffer now works properly on cited text
(see section 3.17.4 Article Washing).
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Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much
cited text to hide is now customizable (see section 3.17.3 Article Hiding).
(setq gnus-cited-lines-visible 2)
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Boring headers can be hidden (see section 3.17.3 Article Hiding).
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Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
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Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.