+2002-07-18 Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com>
+
+ * gnus.texi (To From Newsgroups): Additional text regarding how to
+ regenerate overviews via server buffer, and note to news admins
+ about overview.fmt.
+
2002-07-14 Kai Gro\e,b_\e(Bjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
* gnus.texi (Posting Styles): Fix example (it was using the To
A related variable is @code{nnmail-extra-headers}, which controls when
to include extra headers when generating overview (@sc{nov}) files. If
you have old overview files, you should regenerate them after changing
-this variable.
+this variable, by entering the server buffer using `^', and then `g' on
+the appropriate mail server (e.g. nnml) to cause regeneration.
@vindex gnus-summary-line-format
You also have to instruct Gnus to display the data by changing the
(The values listed above are the default values in Gnus. Alter them
to fit your needs.)
-Now, this is mostly useful for mail groups, where you have control over
+A note for news server administrators, or for users who wish to try to
+convince their news server administrator to provide some additional
+support:
+
+The above is mostly useful for mail groups, where you have control over
the @sc{nov} files that are created. However, if you can persuade your
-nntp admin to add:
+nntp admin to add (in the usual implementation, notably INN):
@example
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