Re: smtpmail, starttls authentication

[Hadron Quark]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 22 2006, Hadron Quark wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> The current CVS trunk version identifies itself as "No Gnus v0.6".
>>> The version in Emacs CVS is "Gnus 5.11", which corresponds to the
>>> stable branch "v5-10" in Gnus' CVS.
>>>
>>> I'd recommend to either use the (stable) Gnus 5.11 which is bundled
>>> with Emacs CVS.  If you want to keep up with development version you
>>> should use the current CVS version, not an outdated development
>>> version like No Gnus 0.4.
>>
>> I put the load path back in my emacs to point to my local gnus.
>>
>> but why on earth would emacs-snapshot have a 22.0.50 emacs but allow 0.4
>> gnus? 
>
> Maybe you have installed an older Gnus snapshot (from Debian).
>
>> According to my load path, there is a
>> usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/gnus, but unlike cedet and some
>> other stuff the gnus subdirectoy is not on the load path.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand the Emacs policy and Emacs directory layout
> of Debian.
>
>> A failing in the emacs-snapshot install package perhaps?
>
> The emacs-snapshot package should contain only Gnus 5.11, no No Gnus.

Uh oh. I have to show my ignorance. No Gnus? Gnus? What are the
differences? I always thought than "No Guns" was just a play on words
for Gnus being a news reader.

>
> Bye, Reiner.
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