Hi, gnus-article-only-boring-p refuses to terminate when it runs into a word inside intangible text. This could happen, e.g., when gnus-article-skip-boring and gnus-treat-hide-signature are enabled at the same time, as reported in de.comm.software.gnus: The attached patch seems to fix it for trunk and v5-10. Thanks, andreas 2006-03-14 Andreas Seltenreich * gnus-art.el (gnus-article-only-boring-p): Avoid endless looping when running into intangible text. Reported by Ralf Wachinger .