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Re: Canceling cross-posted articles
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 13 May 1999 16:15:40 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:

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...

  http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.faq:216
  http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.general:4110

...and the server will confirm that the article doesn't exist.

HTH,
--Todd

Actually, even easier is simply to "Reload" - the canceled message disappears!



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  Re: Canceling cross-posted articles
 
(...) I tried that via Netscape's nntp interface -- "Get Msg" (1) -- but it didn't nuke the cancelled message in the other ng. I suppose the Web interface should be the final arbiter on these things, since its message list is generated on-the-spot. (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Canceling cross-posted articles
 
(...) 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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