Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!dino!sharkey!oxtrap!sendai!rich From: rich@sendai.sendai.ann-arbor.mi.us (K. Richard Magill) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Subject: Re: GNUS vs. Gnews Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 89 06:59:58 GMT References: <442@mqws2.fed.FRB.GOV> Sender: rich@sendai.UUCP Reply-To: rich@sendai.ann-arbor.mi.us Organization: Digital Works, Ltd. - Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 36 In-reply-to: m1tag00@fed.frb.gov's message of 23 Jun 89 17:33:20 GMT I used Gnews for as long as I could stand it; then went back to rn. I now use gnus exclusively. Purely subjectively, it *feels* faster than rn on my machines. In article <442@mqws2.fed.FRB.GOV> m1tag00@fed.frb.gov (Tim A. Grunwald) writes: Does GNUS solve any of the problems I have with Gnews? Nearly all of them. There is actually a dired-by-newsgroup in gnews someplace although I never really got it working. What features does GNUS have that Gnews doesn't and vice versa? (I speak from 3.11, I haven't put up 3.12 yet.) GNUS: * speed. * works out of the box. * speed. * smooth newsgroup ordering. (as of 3.12 or 3.11+tale's hacks.) * uses (or can use) standard .newsrc. * but weak on kill file handling. * online help. (info page.) Gnews: * nearly infinite flexibility but doesn't really work "out of the box". * no help. (or is there one now?) * with "enough" horsepower and "some startup cost" it's an impressive newsreader. Try it. it doesn't take up much space and since it pretty much works "out of the box" there isn't much startup cost associated with it. -- rich.