Gnus tips for Lantern

In case you are trying out my NNTP-based blog engine [Lantern](https://koldfront.dk/git/lantern/about/) with Gnus, here are some useful parameters to set on your Lantern topic/groups: ((message-syntax-checks '((long-lines . disabled) (quoting-style . disabled))) (posting-style (eval (auto-fill-mode -1))) (message-shoot-gnksa-feet '(cancel-messages canlock-verify)))

I also have a hook to change the Content-Type: to text/markdown in the Lantern groups when writing:

(defun asjo-lantern-markdown-hook () "Insert default Content-Type in lantern groups" (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) (when (string-match "nntp.inav:lantern" group) ; Adjust this! (message-add-header "Content-Type: text/markdown")))) (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'asjo-lantern-markdown-hook)

Another thing that makes it work a little smoother is switching to markdown-mode when the Content-Type of an article is text/markdown, so adding this to your ~/.gnus:

; Display text/markdown: (require 'markdown-mode) (defun mm-display-markdown (handle) (mm-display-inline-fontify handle 'markdown-mode)) (add-to-list 'mm-inline-media-tests '("text/markdown" mm-display-markdown identity))

Have fun!

@me What version of #Emacs? What version of #Gnus? Maybe nnatom isn't included in your version.
I've been using #Emacs's #Gnus for news/mail/RSS, but for whatever reason it's having trouble subscribing to ATOM feeds (RSS is fine). I seem to be missing the nnatom backend. Is there something special I need to do to add it?
#AskFedi
@me welcome to the club! #notmuch #mu4e #gnus or another? And why this choice? (Using #notmuch here and can’t go back to anything else... yet)

OMG since I have Gnus set up with my email in Emacs, I can store a link to an email, plop it into my personal.org file, and there's a to do list or reminder system!

#emacs #gnus

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@teledyn @shojiwax

> ActivityPub has no notion of 'Title' so mastodon posts will all
> appear in the summary as just the date and time, no hint what it
> says until you click it.

If you use gnus, you can do something about this. See below.

> The second point is interface. For me it was trying to use #Emacs
> #Gnus to read early Fediverse, and it wasn't feasible.

It is feasible, just. If you're willing to hack a little, check out my blog post:

https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250812.html

I have an update to one of the functions described there which I will blog about soon (hopefully) but contact me should you wish to see the update sooner.

Emacs carnival: Elevator pitch (or /How I learned to love RSS for the fediverse/)

#Gnus is nice on #Emacs on Android.

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Gnus: Why I consider my email client a life form

Gnus is a newsreader from 1987. It runs in Emacs. No buttons, no animations—just group overview, summary, and article buffer.

It's ugly. Complicated. Overpowered. And the best program I've ever used.

The learning curve is brutal. Thousands of pages of docs. Countless keybindings. You'll fail at first—IMAP won't show anything, authinfo will ignore you.

That's normal. The steep curve isn't a bug. It filters those who truly want it from those who just want an email client.

Why use a 1987 newsreader for email? Because everything is "news" to Gnus. IMAP folders = newsgroups. RSS feeds = newsgroups. Archives = newsgroups.

No other program needed. No sync. No detours. Just Gnus.

But the real answer? Control. Every aspect. Every color. Every keybinding. Every thread.

We live in a world of simplification—apps that tell you what to read, filters that decide what matters. Gnus refuses all of that. It shows you everything. You decide.

Gnus is radical. Not politically—but because it refuses modern logic:

"Make it easy" → "Learn it"
"Be efficient" → "Be thorough"
"Follow best practices" → "Build your own"

I'm not writing this to convince anyone. I'm writing to capture a decision: I refuse to be managed. I read myself. I decide myself. I reply myself.

Gnus is my silver robe. Uncomfortable. Unmodern. Unsimple.

But it's mine.

`M-x gnus`

🔗 Link to full essay in German: https://mahamind7.blogspot.com/2026/04/gnus-oder-warum-ich-meinen-email-client.html

#Emacs #Gnus #EmailClient #SoftwarePhilosophy #TechRadicalism

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