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(gnus)Installation FAQ
Installation
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* Q1.1 What is the latest version of Gnus?
The latest (and greatest) version is 5.0.10. You might also run
across something called _September Gnus_. September Gnus is the
alpha version of the next major release of Gnus. It is currently
not stable enough to run unless you are prepared to debug lisp.
* Q1.2 Where do I get Gnus?
Any of the following locations:
- `ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/emacs/gnus/gnus.tar.gz'
- `ftp://ftp.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/'
- `gopher://gopher.pilgrim.umass.edu/11/pub/misc/ding/'
- `ftp://aphrodite.nectar.cs.cmu.edu/pub/ding-gnus/'
- `ftp://ftp.solace.mh.se:/pub/gnu/elisp/'
* Q1.3 Which version of Emacs do I need?
At least GNU Emacs 19.28, or XEmacs 19.12 is recommended. GNU
Emacs 19.25 has been reported to work under certain circumstances,
but it doesn't _officially_ work on it. 19.27 has also been
reported to work. Gnus has been reported to work under OS/2 as
well as Unix.
* Q1.4 Where is timezone.el?
Upgrade to XEmacs 19.13. In earlier versions of XEmacs this file
was placed with Gnus 4.1.3, but that has been corrected.
* Q1.5 When I run Gnus on XEmacs 19.13 I get weird error messages.
You're running an old version of Gnus. Upgrade to at least version
5.0.4.
* Q1.6 How do I unsubscribe from the Mailing List?
Send an e-mail message to `ding-request@ifi.uio.no' with the magic
word _unsubscribe_ somewhere in it, and you will be removed.
If you are reading the digest version of the list, send an e-mail
message to
`ding-rn-digests-d-request@moe.shore.net' with _unsubscribe_ as
the subject and you will be removed.
* Q1.7 How do I run Gnus on both Emacs and XEmacs?
The basic answer is to byte-compile under XEmacs, and then you can
run under either Emacsen. There is, however, a potential version
problem with easymenu.el with Gnu Emacs prior to 19.29.
Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes :
The internal easymenu.el interface changed between 19.28 and 19.29
in order to make it possible to create byte compiled files that
can be shared between Gnu Emacs and XEmacs. The change is upward
compatible, but not downward compatible. This gives the following
compatibility table:
Compiled with: | Can be used with:
----------------+--------------------------------------
19.28 | 19.28 19.29
19.29 | 19.29 XEmacs
XEmacs | 19.29 XEmacs
If you have Gnu Emacs 19.28 or earlier, or XEmacs 19.12 or
earlier, get a recent version of auc-menu.el from
`ftp://ftp.iesd.auc.dk/pub/emacs-lisp/auc-menu.el', and install it
under the name easymenu.el somewhere early in your load path.
* Q1.8 What resources are available?
There is the newsgroup Gnu.emacs.gnus. Discussion of Gnus 5.x is
now taking place there. There is also a mailing list, send mail to
`ding-request@ifi.uio.no' with the magic word _subscribe_
somewhere in it.
_NOTE:_ the traffic on this list is heavy so you may not want to be
on it (unless you use Gnus as your mailer reader, that is). The
mailing list is mainly for developers and testers.
Gnus has a home World Wide Web page at
`http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding.html'.
Gnus has a write up in the X Applications FAQ at
`http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/xapps/Q-III.html'.
The Gnus manual is also available on the World Wide Web. The
canonical source is in Norway at
`http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding-manual/gnus_toc.html'.
There are three mirrors in the United States:
1. `http://www.miranova.com/gnus-man/'
2.
`http://www.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/manual/gnus_toc.html'
3. `http://www.rtd.com/~woo/gnus/'
PostScript copies of the Gnus Reference card are available from
`ftp://ftp.cs.ualberta.ca/pub/oolog/gnus/'. They are mirrored at
`ftp://ftp.pilgrim.umass.edu/pub/misc/ding/refcard/' in the United
States. And
`ftp://marvin.fkphy.uni-duesseldorf.de/pub/gnus/' in Germany.
An online version of the Gnus FAQ is available at
`http://www.miranova.com/~steve/gnus-faq.html'. Off-line formats
are also available:
ASCII: `ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/gnus-faq'
PostScript: `ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/gnus-faq.ps'.
* Q1.9 Gnus hangs on connecting to NNTP server
I am running XEmacs on SunOS and Gnus prints a message about
Connecting to NNTP server and then just hangs.
Ben Wing <wing@netcom.com> writes :
I wonder if you're hitting the infamous _libresolv_ problem. The
basic problem is that under SunOS you can compile either with DNS
or NIS name lookup libraries but not both. Try substituting the
IP address and see if that works; if so, you need to download the
sources and recompile.
* Q1.10 Mailcrypt 3.4 doesn't work
This problem is verified to still exist in Gnus 5.0.9 and
Mailcrypt 3.4. The answer comes from Peter Arius
<arius@immd2.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>.
I found out that mailcrypt uses `gnus-eval-in-buffer-window',
which is a macro. It seems as if you have compiled mailcrypt with
plain old GNUS in load path, and the XEmacs byte compiler has
inserted that macro definition into `mc-toplev.elc'. The solution
is to recompile `mc-toplev.el' with Gnus 5 in load-path, and it
works fine.
Steve Baur <steve@miranova.com> adds :
The problem also manifests itself if neither GNUS 4 nor Gnus 5 is
in the load-path.
* Q1.11 What other packages work with Gnus?
- Mailcrypt.
Mailcrypt is an Emacs interface to PGP. It works, it installs
without hassle, and integrates very easily. Mailcrypt can be
obtained from
`ftp://cag.lcs.mit.edu/pub/patl/mailcrypt-3.4.tar.gz'.
- Tools for Mime.
Tools for Mime is an Emacs MUA interface to MIME.
Installation is a two-step process unlike most other
packages, so you should be prepared to move the byte-compiled
code somewhere. There are currently two versions of this
package available. It can be obtained from
`ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/'. Be sure to apply the
supplied patch. It works with Gnus through version 5.0.9.
In order for all dependencies to work correctly the load
sequence is as follows:
(load "tm-setup")
(load "gnus")
(load "mime-compose")
_NOTE:_ Loading the package disables citation highlighting by
default. To get the old behavior back, use the `M-t' command.
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