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	I am very interested in any answers to this question.  I want
the "nov" database to succeed so that users can have a greater choice
in newsreaders.  Currently some sites need to choose between
newsreaders because of the differing database formats (and lack of
space to keep all the different ones).  With nov, sites could easily
add new newsreaders without all the extra space.

	I intend to add "nov" support to trn (and my extensions called
"strn" (Scoring/ScreenScan trn)).  Is someone willing to add the nov
support to NN?  One might want to look at the code by Geoff Collyer at
world.std.com in src/news/nn.dist.tar.Z. (The nov distribution is in
the same directory as nov.dist.tar.Z)  This nn distribution (at PL 18) is
apparently a first effort at working with the nov database.  It does
not appear to work as is, and has some paths that are hardcoded in.
(The tar file includes binaries and a profiler run, and needs some
editing to run--it isn't ready for distribution yet.)

	I am willing to work with anyone who wants to provide nov
support.  I don't know NN very well, but I have figured out a few
things about nov. :-)

			--Cliff
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