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xueruini@hotmail.com (xueruini) writes:

> hello all:
>    I am new to gnus, so many questions :)
>    1. I am using emacs21.3+gnus in winxp, so i want gnus to put the files
>       pertaining to news somewhere else, not the default location
>       c:/

Try also to set the HOME environment variable. Then emacs most times
uses '~/' as the default directory.

>    2. i try to send mail by gnus, but it complains smtp protocol
>       error. i found that it is because emacs's old smtpmail.el. but
>       i download the newest cvs version emacs, it still complains. i
>       don't know what to do

Dark shot. Maybe something is wrong in your .gnus. Please post your
.gnus entries, so people can verify the content.

Harald