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