From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9247 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: nntp read: 14535k Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:42:40 +0200 Message-ID: <873b0dm333.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1181820543.264081.275820@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <87myz2sqna.fsf@azurservers.com> <1181822679.661171.214770@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <87wsy67g5c.fsf@azurservers.com> <1181851295.350685.294450@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <87vedhv4wd.fsf@aikishugyo.dnsdojo.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182987631 27596 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2007 23:40:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:40:31 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 28 01:40:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3h7b-00029z-Rq for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3h7a-0001Xk-W8 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Trace: individual.net QSzRJ2KHo7RR+v7eoRH8PA5ZZ3o4EHqhlIfO8sqO7sTn5+cNAm X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:nczuiKp6AHNAueQWhT/CcfuJYHM= sha1:q0IxdGbEu3KX6NbpfO9kzGlfo5g= X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79431 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9247 Archived-At: Gernot Hassenpflug writes: > thesak writes: > >> What does it mean?... (setq gnus-nov-is-evil nil) > > I'll jump in since I still have some patience left. > > 0. Before anything else, don't top-post. I don't care if you know why > or not, but if you don't know you should read about it by searching > the web a little. Obviously you have no idea was discussion groups > on Usenet are or how to use them. > > 1. Find an online computer jargon dictionary and read about "The > September that never ended". > > 2. Go to the Help menu in Emacs and find the tutorial entry. Then do > the tutorial, every bit of it. Should take a few days and leave you > much enlightened. > > 3. Then, go to the info (C-h i) and find the gnus entry in the > menu. Start at page one, and continue reading until you have > absorbed the sections on how to start gnus, how to set it up, how > to obtain news, various backends and the variables that control > them, and how to manage news and mail groups. > > 4. Search for Eric Raymond's article on how to ask smart questions. You might want to refer to a how to on being a little more accommodating and polite in your own replies. Telling someone to read and retain the entire Gnus manual pretty much removes the need for this and similar groups.