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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
23 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
24 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
25 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
26 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
27 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
28 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
29 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
32 @item The nntp back end store article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
34 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
35 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
36 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
37 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
38 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
39 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
40 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
43 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
44 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @ref{Picons}.
47 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
48 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
51 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
52 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
53 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages.
55 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
57 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
60 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
61 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
63 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
64 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
65 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This require that GNU Libidn
66 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
68 @item Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
70 This provide a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
71 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
72 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
75 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
77 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
78 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server support it.
80 @item Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el.
82 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
83 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
84 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
85 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
86 connections are managed by this mechanism, after quering the user about
89 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
91 By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can
92 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
94 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
97 @item Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
98 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
100 @item Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
102 @item Gnus now support the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam idea.
103 See the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use
104 @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
106 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
107 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
108 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @ref{Limiting}.
110 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
111 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @ref{Summary
114 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
115 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
116 supported. @xref{RSS}.
118 @item URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your
119 PGP key ring when you click on them.
121 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
122 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
123 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
125 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
126 This allows to decay only adaptive score files. @ref{Score Decays}.
128 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now feature @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
129 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
132 @c gnus-news.texi ends here.