XOVER is a
Network News Transfer Protocol
The Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is an application protocol used for transporting Usenet news articles (''netnews'') between news servers, and for reading/posting articles by the end user client applications. Brian Kantor of the Univ ...
(NNTP) command used to return information from a
news server
A news server is a collection of software used to handle Usenet articles. It may also refer to a computer itself which is primarily or solely used for handling Usenet. Access to Usenet is only available through news server providers.
Articles and ...
's overview (
NOV Nov or NOV may refer to:
* November, the 11th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
* Nav, Asalem (also , Nov or Nāv), a village in Gilan Province, Iran
* Nov, Golan Heights, an Israeli moshav (a cooperative agricultural communi ...
) database.
The XOVER command is documented in RFC 2980, a specification for Common NNTP Extensions authored by
Stan O. Barber in October 2000.
A newer version of NNTP, specified in RFC 3977, formalized the XOVER extension with new OVER and LIST OVERVIEW.FMT commands.
See also
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List of Usenet newsreaders
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called ''articles'' or ''posts'', and collectively termed ''news'') to one or ...
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Usenet newsgroup
A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are discussion groups and are not devoted to publishing news. Newsgroups are technically distin ...
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News server
A news server is a collection of software used to handle Usenet articles. It may also refer to a computer itself which is primarily or solely used for handling Usenet. Access to Usenet is only available through news server providers.
Articles and ...
References
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