Re: What's NOV? Should gnus-nov-is-evil be set to t?

[Leo]

On 2007-09-13 11:15 +0100, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
>>>>>> Leo wrote:
>
>> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Headers") ]
>>| And Gnus uses a format internally that it calls "header", which is
>>| what I'm talking about here.  This is a 9-element vector, basically,
>>| with each header (ouch) having one slot.
>> `----
>
>> It looks like Gnus has its own internal format and I have heard that it
>> is superior to NOV. So should users set gnus-nov-is-evil to t?
>
> 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'.

Thanks for the explanation.

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