NAME

     overview.fmt - format of news overview database

DESCRIPTION

     The  file  /usr/local/news/etc/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,  option-
     ally  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.

     The default file,  show  below,  is  compatible  with  Geoff
     Collyer's ``nov'' package:
          Subject:
          From:
          Date:
          Message-ID:
          References:
          Bytes:
          Lines:
          ##  Some newsreaders get better performance if Xref is present
          #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,
     dated 1996/09/06.