Re: smtpmail, starttls authentication

[Hadron Quark]

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

> On Thu, Aug 24 2006, Hadron Quark wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> On Tue, Aug 22 2006, Hadron Quark wrote:
>>>> 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.
>
> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Gnus Versions") ]
> | [...]
> |
> |    On the January 4th 2004, No Gnus was begun.
> | 
> |    If you happen upon a version of Gnus that has a prefixed name -
> | "(ding) Gnus", "September Gnus", "Red Gnus", "Quassia Gnus",
> | "Pterodactyl Gnus", "Oort Gnus", "No Gnus" - don't panic.  Don't let it
> | know that you're frightened.  Back away.  Slowly.  Whatever you do,
> | don't run.  Walk away, calmly, until you're out of its reach.  Find a
> | proper released version of Gnus and snuggle up to that instead.
> `----

"gnus-version" gives me No Gnus 0.6

This is bad!?!? On my ubuntu system it has always been 0.4 or 0.6 "No Gnus".