Re: What exactly is a NOV header

[Anupam Sengupta]

>>>>> "Madhu" == Madhu  <enometh@meer.net> writes:

    Slackrat> Slackrat <87ps38lx7i.fsf@azurservers.com> wrote:
    Slackrat> Could someone please refer me to a definition of exactly what a
    Slackrat> NOV header is in simple language?

NOV stands for _News Overview_ and is a header/database format for newsreaders
to process data in the NNTP articles. This format was developed by Geoff Collyer
and is now a defacto standard for NNTP newsreaders - including Gnus.

You can read more about the NOV format and headers at:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/software/inn-faq/part1/section-15.html

    Madhu> Its described in the info file for gnus.  Did you already read this:
    Madhu> M-x eval-expression RET (info "(gnus)Headers") RET

    No. NOV is NOT described in the info node you mentioned (at least on my
    install, which is gnus v5.11). Please check before posting. A *reference* is
    made to NOV headers - but as the OP pointed out, no definition of *what* NOV
    headers are is not provided.

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Anupam