Ted Zlatanov writes: ok, so i have done following steps. 1) download emacs from bzr and compiled. 2) download gnus from git and compile. added ;; load gnus git path in .emacs. (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/gnus_git/gnus/lisp") load-path)) (require 'gnus-load) and restarted emacs23,(started successfully) and then M-x gnus, it has following error. Please find enclosed file for log details.