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Re: Canceling cross-posted articles
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 May 1999 21:12:17 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> I cross-posted an article to lugnet.general and lugnet.faq. I then canceled
> the one in lugnet.faq and resubmitted it (again cross-posting to both
> groups). The old article is still showing up in lugnet.general however.
> Attempts to cancel that one gives me the following news server error:
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> No article by message-id <3739C013.3A6AD9E3@geocities.com>, sorry.
That's because it's not actually there -- you cancelled it.
> The tricky thing is, though: I can still read the old message from
> lugnet.general.
Your newsreader probably isn't handling crossposting properly and is holding
a cached copy in the other group. I just checked on the server, and if
we're talking about the same article, it -is- actually for-sure cancelled in
both places.
Message-ID: <3739C013.3A6AD9E3@geocities.com>
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.faq:216 lugnet.general:4110
--Todd
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 | | Re: Canceling cross-posted articles
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| (...) p.s. If there is ever any question as to whether an article really did disappear, you can always just check it on the web like this... (2 URLs) the server will confirm that the article doesn't exist. HTH, --Todd (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Canceling cross-posted articles
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| Todd, I cross-posted an article to lugnet.general and lugnet.faq. I then canceled the one in lugnet.faq and resubmitted it (again cross-posting to both groups). The old article is still showing up in lugnet.general however. Attempts to cancel that (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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