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Deletions (was Re: Can't connect to NNTP server
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:55:08 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Kyle D. Jackson wrote:
> So I'm up and running now. Honestly I was surprised to see that NNTP
> has remained the only way to edit/delete webposts since the last time I
> was here 2 years ago.
Well, that's not *precisely* true, I don't believe.
First, I don't believe you've EVER been able to do edits of posts here, no
matter how they were originated. Only cancels.
Second, there is more than one way to do deletions other than issuing a cancel
from nntp for an nntp originated post
Another way to do deletions is to send a note requesting the deletion to someone
that can delete it for you. Your note should specify unambiguously what post you
want deleted (the web URL is a good way to so specify it) and should pretty
clearly be from you (1),
2 years ago the people that I knew could do deletions for you included Todd and
Suz. There may have been others but I don't know who they were.
Today, the people that I know can do deletions for you include Todd, Frank Filz,
and myself.
Hope that helps.
1 - coming from the same email addy as the one associated with the post is
usually a good approach (2)
2 - these can be spoofed. So cancels are not permanent, they can be undone. If
you, as the author of a post, notice that it's been cancelled and you did not
request that, it's a pretty serious matter. Please let the appropriate people
know about it!
++Lar
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Deletions (was Re: Can't connect to NNTP server
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| (...) Cancelations that come from NNTP go through the same authentication process as posts (in fact, in a minor bug, it actually appears like you are being asked to authenticate a posting, when actually you're authenticating a cancelation, if you (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | Re: Deletions (was Re: Can't connect to NNTP server
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| (...) Hey, it's the inevitable reply from Lar! :] I guess some things never change, almost like I never left. I can remember when I posted on LUGNET (almost 10% as much as) you. ;] But I notice now your're "++Lar", like "++Todd". Running filters? (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) You mean NNTP? Or "G'day"? ;] Just about since ever for the latter. But it doesn't sound at all like the Auzzie version. It's a contracted "Good Day" but the "day" has a long a-sound, unlike for Auzzies (which is more of a long i-sound, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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