@copying
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
-2002, 2003, 2004
+2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
@end iftex
@menu
-* Starting Up:: Finding news can be a pain.
-* Group Buffer:: Selecting, subscribing and killing groups.
-* Summary Buffer:: Reading, saving and posting articles.
-* Article Buffer:: Displaying and handling articles.
-* Composing Messages:: Information on sending mail and news.
-* Select Methods:: Gnus reads all messages from various select methods.
-* Scoring:: Assigning values to articles.
-* Various:: General purpose settings.
-* The End:: Farewell and goodbye.
-* Appendices:: Terminology, Emacs intro, @acronym{FAQ}, History, Internals.
-* Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
-* Key Index:: Key Index.
+* Starting Up:: Finding news can be a pain.
+* Group Buffer:: Selecting, subscribing and killing groups.
+* Summary Buffer:: Reading, saving and posting articles.
+* Article Buffer:: Displaying and handling articles.
+* Composing Messages:: Information on sending mail and news.
+* Select Methods:: Gnus reads all messages from various select methods.
+* Scoring:: Assigning values to articles.
+* Various:: General purpose settings.
+* The End:: Farewell and goodbye.
+* Appendices:: Terminology, Emacs intro, @acronym{FAQ}, History, Internals.
+* Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
+* Key Index:: Key Index.
Other related manuals
-* Message:(message). Composing messages.
-* Emacs-MIME:(emacs-mime). Composing messages; @acronym{MIME}-specific parts.
-* Sieve:(sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
-* PGG:(pgg). @acronym{PGP/MIME} with Gnus.
-* SASL:(sasl). @acronym{SASL} authentication in Emacs.
+* Message:(message). Composing messages.
+* Emacs-MIME:(emacs-mime). Composing messages; @acronym{MIME}-specific parts.
+* Sieve:(sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
+* PGG:(pgg). @acronym{PGP/MIME} with Gnus.
+* SASL:(sasl). @acronym{SASL} authentication in Emacs.
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
terminology section (@pxref{Terminology}).
@menu
-* Finding the News:: Choosing a method for getting news.
-* The First Time:: What does Gnus do the first time you start it?
-* The Server is Down:: How can I read my mail then?
-* Slave Gnusae:: You can have more than one Gnus active at a time.
-* Fetching a Group:: Starting Gnus just to read a group.
-* New Groups:: What is Gnus supposed to do with new groups?
-* Changing Servers:: You may want to move from one server to another.
-* Startup Files:: Those pesky startup files---@file{.newsrc}.
-* Auto Save:: Recovering from a crash.
-* The Active File:: Reading the active file over a slow line Takes Time.
-* Startup Variables:: Other variables you might change.
+* Finding the News:: Choosing a method for getting news.
+* The First Time:: What does Gnus do the first time you start it?
+* The Server is Down:: How can I read my mail then?
+* Slave Gnusae:: You can have more than one Gnus active at a time.
+* New Groups:: What is Gnus supposed to do with new groups?
+* Changing Servers:: You may want to move from one server to another.
+* Startup Files:: Those pesky startup files---@file{.newsrc}.
+* Auto Save:: Recovering from a crash.
+* The Active File:: Reading the active file over a slow line Takes Time.
+* Startup Variables:: Other variables you might change.
@end menu
If you can use a local spool, you probably should, as it will almost
certainly be much faster. But do not use the local spool if your
-server is running Leafnode; in this case, use @code{(nntp "localhost")}.
+server is running Leafnode (which is a simple, standalone private news
+server); in this case, use @code{(nntp "localhost")}.
@vindex gnus-nntpserver-file
@cindex NNTPSERVER
@section The First Time
@cindex first time usage
-If no startup files exist, gnus will try to determine what groups should
-be subscribed by default.
+If no startup files exist (@pxref{Startup Files}), gnus will try to
+determine what groups should be subscribed by default.
@vindex gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups
If the variable @code{gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups} is set, gnus
incorporated into the slave. If you answer ``no'', the slave may see some
messages as unread that have been read in the master.
-@node Fetching a Group
-@section Fetching a Group
-@cindex fetching a group
-
-@findex gnus-fetch-group
-It is sometimes convenient to be able to just say ``I want to read this
-group and I don't care whether gnus has been started or not''. This is
-perhaps more useful for people who write code than for users, but the
-command @code{gnus-fetch-group} provides this functionality in any case.
-It takes the group name as a parameter.
@node New Groups
@cindex .newsrc.el
@cindex .newsrc.eld
-Now, you all know about the @file{.newsrc} file. All subscription
-information is traditionally stored in this file.
+Most common Unix news readers use a shared startup file called
+@file{.newsrc}. This file contains all the information about what
+groups are subscribed, and which articles in these groups have been
+read.
Things got a bit more complicated with @sc{gnus}. In addition to
keeping the @file{.newsrc} file updated, it also used a file called
However, this will make it impossible to use other newsreaders than
gnus. But hey, who would want to, right? Similarly, setting
@code{gnus-read-newsrc-file} to @code{nil} makes gnus ignore the
-@file{.newsrc} file and any @file{.newsrc-SERVER} files, which is
-convenient if you have a tendency to use Netscape once in a while.
+@file{.newsrc} file and any @file{.newsrc-SERVER} files, which can be
+convenient if you use a different news reader occasionally, and you
+want to read a different subset of the available groups with that
+news reader.
@vindex gnus-save-killed-list
If @code{gnus-save-killed-list} (default @code{t}) is @code{nil}, Gnus
@item T M-p
@kindex T M-p (Topic)
@findex gnus-topic-goto-previous-topic
-Go to the next topic (@code{gnus-topic-goto-previous-topic}).
+Go to the previous topic (@code{gnus-topic-goto-previous-topic}).
@item G p
@kindex G p (Topic)
@findex gnus-summary-morse-message
Morse decode the article buffer (@code{gnus-summary-morse-message}).
+@item W i
+@kindex W i (Summary)
+@findex gnus-summary-idna-message
+Decode IDNA encoded domain names in the current articles. IDNA
+encoded domain names looks like @samp{xn--bar}. If a string remain
+unencoded after running invoking this, it is likely an invalid IDNA
+string (@samp{xn--bar} is invalid). You must have GNU Libidn
+(@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) installed for this command
+to work.
+
@item W t
@item t
@kindex W t (Summary)
and the name of the group data file. The description can be omitted.
An easy way to get started with @code{nnrss} is to say something like
-the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnrss RET y}, then
+the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnrss RET RET y}, then
subscribe to groups.
The @code{nnrss} back end saves the group data file in
* Undo:: Some actions can be undone.
* Predicate Specifiers:: Specifying predicates.
* Moderation:: What to do if you're a moderator.
+* Fetching a Group:: Starting Gnus just to read a group.
* Image Enhancements:: Modern versions of Emacs/XEmacs can display images.
* Fuzzy Matching:: What's the big fuzz?
* Thwarting Email Spam:: A how-to on avoiding unsolicited commercial email.
@end lisp
+@node Fetching a Group
+@section Fetching a Group
+@cindex fetching a group
+
+@findex gnus-fetch-group
+It is sometimes convenient to be able to just say ``I want to read this
+group and I don't care whether Gnus has been started or not''. This is
+perhaps more useful for people who write code than for users, but the
+command @code{gnus-fetch-group} provides this functionality in any case.
+It takes the group name as a parameter.
+
+
@node Image Enhancements
@section Image Enhancements
In my ham folders, I just hit @kbd{S x}
(@code{gnus-summary-mark-as-spam}) whenever I see an unrecognized spam
mail (false negative). On group exit, those messages are moved to
-@samp{training.ham}.
+@samp{training.spam}.
@end itemize
@subsubheading Reporting spam articles in Gmane groups with @code{spam-report.el}
number of unread articles is called @dfn{activating the group}.
Un-activated groups are listed with @samp{*} in the group buffer.
+@item spool
+@cindex spool
+News servers store their articles locally in one fashion or other.
+One old-fashioned storage method is to have just one file per
+article. That's called a ``traditional spool''.
+
@item server
@cindex server
A machine one can connect to and get news (or mail) from.
@item gnus-read-active-file
Set this to @code{nil}, which will inhibit Gnus from requesting the
-entire active file from the server. This file is often v. large. You
+entire active file from the server. This file is often very large. You
also have to set @code{gnus-check-new-newsgroups} and
@code{gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups} to @code{nil} to make sure that Gnus
doesn't suddenly decide to fetch the active file anyway.
alterations. This comes in handy if the back end really carries all
the information (as is the case with virtual and imap groups). This
function should destructively alter the info to suit its needs, and
-should return a non-@code{nil} value.
+should return a non-@code{nil} value (exceptionally,
+@code{nntp-request-update-info} always returns @code{nil} not to waste
+the network resources).
There should be no result data from this function.
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