-** Gnus changes.
+GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end for copying conditions.
-*** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
+Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
+For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
+
+\f
+* Changes in Oort Gnus
+
+** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist
+
+The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
+instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
+variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
+
+ ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
+
+** Gnus now supports PGP-MIME (RFC2015) and SMIME.
+
+** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
+
+** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
+
+This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
+`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
+
+\f
+* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
+
+The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
+four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
+internationalization and mail-fetching.
+
+** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
-*** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. See the manual for details.
+If you used procmail like in
+
+(setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
+(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
+(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
+(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
-*** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
+this now has changed to
+
+(setq mail-sources
+ '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
+ :suffix ".in")))
+
+More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
+Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
+
+** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
+Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
+
+** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
+many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
+
+** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
called to position point.
-*** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
+** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
summary buffers and NOV files.
-*** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
-of variables starting with `gnus-treat-'.
+** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
+of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
+
+** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
+subtly different manner.
+
+** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
+and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
+ever-changing layouts.
+
+** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
+
+\f
+* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright information:
+
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
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+ 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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