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OVERVIEW.FMT(5)


NAME

  overview.fmt - format of news overview database


DESCRIPTION

  The file <pathetc in inn.conf>/overview.fmt specifies the organization of
  the news overview database.  Blank lines and lines beginning with a number
  sign (``#'') are ignored.  The order of lines in this file is important; it
  determines the order in which the fields will appear in the database.

  Most lines will consist of an article header name, optionally followed by a
  colon.  A trailing set of lines can have the word ``full'' appear after the
  colon; this indicates that the header should appear as well as its value.

  If this file is changed, it is usually necessary to rebuild the existing
  overview database using expireover(8) after removing all existing overview
  files.

  ``Xref:full'' must be included, or innd(8) and other programs which utilize
  overview method cannot start.

  The default file, show below, is compatible with Geoff Collyer's ``nov''
  package:
       Subject:
       From:
       Date:
       Message-ID:
       References:
       Bytes:
       Lines:
       Xref:full


HISTORY

  Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  Intended to be
  compatible with the nov package written by Geoff Collyer
  <geoff@world.std.com>.  This is revision 1.6.6.2, dated 2000/08/17.


SEE ALSO

  inn.conf(5)

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