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(gnus)Example Setup


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Example Setup
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   If you don't want to read this manual, and you have a fairly standard
setup, you may be able to use something like the following as your
`.gnus.el' file to get started.

     ;;; Define how Gnus is to fetch news.  We do this over NNTP
     ;;; from your ISP's server.
     (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.your-isp.com"))
     
     ;;; Define how Gnus is to read your mail.  We read mail from
     ;;; your ISP's POP server.
     (setq mail-sources '((pop :server "pop.your-isp.com")))
     
     ;;; Say how Gnus is to store the mail.  We use nnml groups.
     (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")))
     
     ;;; Make Gnus into an offline newsreader.
     (gnus-agentize)

   That should be it, basically.  Put that in your `~/.gnus.el' file,
edit to suit your needs, start up PPP (or whatever), and type `M-x
gnus'.

   If this is the first time you've run Gnus, you will be subscribed
automatically to a few default newsgroups.  You'll probably want to
subscribe to more groups, and to do that, you have to query the NNTP
server for a complete list of groups with the `A A' command.  This
usually takes quite a while, but you only have to do it once.

   After reading and parsing a while, you'll be presented with a list of
groups.  Subscribe to the ones you want to read with the `u' command.
`l' to make all the killed groups disappear after you've subscribe to
all the groups you want to read.  (`A k' will bring back all the killed
groups.)

   You can now read the groups at once, or you can download the articles
with the `J s' command.  And then read the rest of this manual to find
out which of the other gazillion things you want to customize.


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