XOVER

XOVER is a Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) command used to return information from a news server's overview (NOV) database..

The XOVER command is documented in RFC 2980, a specification for Common NNTP Extensions authored by Stan O. Barber in October 2000.{{cite IETF |title=Common NNTP Extensions |rfc=2980 |last1=Barber |first1=Stan |date=October 2000|section=2.8|sectionname=XOVER |publisher=IETF }} A newer version of NNTP, specified in RFC 3977, formalized the XOVER extension with new OVER and LIST OVERVIEW.FMT commands.{{cite IETF |title=Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) |rfc=3977 |last1=Feather |first1=Clive D.W.|date=October 2006 |publisher=IETF|sectionname=OVER|section=8.3 }}