Gnus Manual. Node: Scoring

Chapter 7: Scoring

Other people use kill files, but we here at Gnus Towers like scoring better than killing, so we'd rather switch than fight. They do something completely different as well, so sit up straight and pay attention!

All articles have a default score (gnus-summary-default-score), which is 0 by default. This score may be raised or lowered either interactively or by score files. Articles that have a score lower than gnus-summary-mark-below are marked as read.

Gnus will read any score files that apply to the current group before generating the summary buffer.

There are several commands in the summary buffer that insert score entries based on the current article. You can, for instance, ask Gnus to lower or increase the score of all articles with a certain subject.

There are two sorts of scoring entries: Permanent and temporary. Temporary score entries are self-expiring entries. Any entries that are temporary and have not been used for, say, a week, will be removed silently to help keep the sizes of the score files down.

Summary Score Commands Adding score entries for the current group.

Group Score Commands General score commands.

Score Variables Customize your scoring. (My, what terminology).

Score File Format What a score file may contain.

Score File Editing You can edit score files by hand as well.

Adaptive Scoring Big Sister Gnus knows what you read.

Home Score File How to say where new score entries are to go.

Followups To Yourself Having Gnus notice when people answer you.

Scoring Tips How to score effectively.

Reverse Scoring That problem child of old is not problem.

Global Score Files Earth-spanning, ear-splitting score files.

Kill Files They are still here, but they can be ignored.