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Michael Albinus <Michael.Albinus@alcatel.de> writes:

>  (defun nnml-current-group-article-to-file-alist ()
>    "Return an alist of article/file pairs in the current group.
>  Use the nov database for the current group if available."
> -  (if (or gnus-nov-is-evil
> +  (if (or nnml-use-compressed-files
> +         gnus-nov-is-evil
>           nnml-nov-is-evil
>           (not (file-exists-p
>                 (expand-file-name nnml-nov-file-name
>
>
> Just for reading compressed files, the patch in
> `nnml-current-group-article-to-file-alist' is sufficient.
>
> I've poposed the patch long time ago to Gnus development, but it
> wasn't taken into account.

But your patch does appear to have been applied a while ago:

2003-06-16  Kai Großjohann  <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>

	* nnml.el (nnml-current-group-article-to-file-alist): Don't read
	overview when using compressed files.  From Michael Albinus
	<Michael.Albinus@alcatel.de>.