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##### 11.2.9.4 Quassia Gnus

New features in Gnus 5.6:

- New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See Gnus Unplugged, for the full story.
- The `nndraft` back end has returned, but works differently than before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the `nndraft` group, which is created automatically.
- `gnus-alter-header-function` can now be used to alter header values.
- `gnus-summary-goto-article` now accept Message-ID's.
- A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message outside the region: `C-c C-v`.
- You can now post to component group in `nnvirtual` groups with `C-u C-c C-c`.
- `nntp-rlogin-program`—new variable to ease customization.
- `C-u C-c C-c` in `gnus-article-edit-mode` will now inhibit re-highlighting of the article buffer.
- New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers`—`long-to`.
- `M-i` symbolic prefix command. See Symbolic Prefixes, for details.
- `L` and `I` in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix `a` to add the score rule to the `all.SCORE` file.
- `gnus-simplify-subject-functions` variable to allow greater control over simplification.
- `A T`—new command for fetching the current thread.
- `/ T`—new command for including the current thread in the limit.
- `M-RET` is a new Message command for breaking cited text.
- ‘`\\1`’-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods`.
- The `custom-face-lookup` function has been removed. If you used this function in your initialization files, you must rewrite them to use `face-spec-set` instead.
- Canceling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix `a` forces normal posting method.
- New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text—`W d`.
- For easier debugging of `nntp`, you can set `nntp-record-commands` to a non-`nil` value.
- `nntp` now uses `~/.authinfo`, a `.netrc`-like file, for controlling where and how to send authinfo to NNTP servers.
- A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer has been added.
- A history of where mails have been split is available.
- A new article date command has been added—`article-date-iso8601`.
- Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting `gnus-score-thread-simplify`.
- A new function for citing in Message has been added—`message-cite-original-without-signature`.
- `article-strip-all-blank-lines`—new article command.
- A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has been added.
- A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the `gnus-adaptive-word-minimum` variable.
- The “lapsed date” article header can be kept continually updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer` command.
- Web listserv archives can be read with the `nnlistserv` back end.
- Old dejanews archives can now be read by `nnweb`.