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From: Anupam Sengupta <anupamsg@gmail.com>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What exactly is a NOV header
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:01:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2r6no7xbn.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3ved0zaqr.fsf@robolove.meer.net>

>>>>> "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.

-- 
Anupam

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-04 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-04  2:27 Slackrat
     [not found] ` <m3ved0zaqr.fsf@robolove.meer.net>
2007-07-04 20:01   ` Anupam Sengupta [this message]
2007-07-04 20:17     ` Anupam Sengupta
2007-07-04 23:26       ` Slackrat
     [not found]     ` <m3sl831w7y.fsf@robolove.meer.net>
2007-07-05  5:36       ` Anupam Sengupta

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