gnus: FAQ - Introduction
11.9.2 Introduction
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This is the Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list.
Gnus is a Usenet Newsreader and Electronic Mail User Agent
implemented as a part of Emacs. It’s been around in some form for
almost a decade now, and has been distributed as a standard part of
Emacs for much of that time. Gnus 5 is the latest (and greatest)
incarnation. The original version was called GNUS, and was written by
Masanobu UMEDA. When autumn crept up in ’94, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
grew bored and decided to rewrite Gnus.
Its biggest strength is the fact that it is extremely customizable.
It is somewhat intimidating at first glance, but most of the complexity
can be ignored until you’re ready to take advantage of it. If you
receive a reasonable volume of e-mail (you’re on various mailing lists),
or you would like to read high-volume mailing lists but cannot keep up
with them, or read high volume newsgroups or are just bored, then Gnus
is what you want.
This FAQ was maintained by Justin Sheehy until March 2002. He would
like to thank Steve Baur and Per Abrahamsen for doing a wonderful job
with this FAQ before him. We would like to do the same: thanks, Justin!
This version is much nicer than the unofficial hypertext versions
that are archived at Utrecht, Oxford, Smart Pages, Ohio State, and other
FAQ archives. See the resources question below if you want information
on obtaining it in another format.
The information contained here was compiled with the assistance of
the Gnus development mailing list, and any errors or misprints are the
Gnus team’s fault, sorry.
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