From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9656 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Katsumi Yamaoka Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: What's NOV? Should gnus-nov-is-evil be set to t? Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:09:07 +0900 Organization: Emacsen advocacy group Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189687372 3819 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2007 12:42:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:42:52 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 13 14:42:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IVo1u-0007Ma-QH for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:42:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IVo1u-0002rE-Fp for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:42:46 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Trace: individual.net d/5RMZlqofkISnfy2ExrPwgKg+cEw1UXIhwrPlivscmdLs0gg= Cancel-Lock: sha1:Zv3GC6JXEcKVjQo2wqtjrRX7zV8= sha1:ZbQOF75Ijuq68yojHH/lGt/pkzY= X-Hashcash: 1:20:070913:sdl.web@gmail.com::mBLv2fMzP7pViupL:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004hM X-Face: #kKnN,xUnmKia.'[pp`; Omh}odZK)?7wQSl"4o04=EixTF+V[""w~iNbM9ZL+.b*_CxUmFk B#Fu[*?MZZH@IkN:!"\w%I_zt>[$nm7nQosZ<3eu; B:$Q_:p!',P.c0-_Cy[dz4oIpw0ESA^D*1Lw= L&i*6&( User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79859 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9656 Archived-At: >>>>> Leo wrote: > On 2007-09-13 11:15 +0100, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: >> If you have a nnml group, you can see its .overview file, that is just >> NOV. It's a common format that most news servers use when >> communicating with clients. It improves the performance. So, >> disabling it is not a good idea unless it malfunctions in the server. >> See also `nnml-nov-is-evil' and `nntp-nov-is-evil'. Oops. I overlooked `nndiary-nov-is-evil', `nndir-nov-is-evil', `nnfolder-nov-is-evil', `nnimap-nov-is-evil', `nnspool-nov-is-evil', and `nnwarchive-nov-is-evil'. > Do you think this should go to the manual?' Isn't it enough? (info "(gnus)Terminology") ,---- |"NOV" | When Gnus enters a group, it asks the back end for the headers of | all unread articles in the group. Most servers support the News | OverView format, which is more compact and much faster to read and | parse than the normal HEAD format. `---- I take time ten times as long as Japanese to write English. ;-)