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I agree. If we take the time to do it right, and it carries more weight. Do it the other way and Pandora's box would open. Suddenly we'd get a reputation for "spouting off" at the drop of a hat because it is so easy to send e-mail. I would rather (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Mmm, definitely agree. (...) If you really regret it, you could go cancel that article. (...) That was kind of the idea behind the ng more than P&M group. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Done! I was used to Dejanews before I found my newsreader. Anytime you wanted to cancel messages there, it posted your cancellation message without any reference to content. After seeing that, I figured I'd just apologize rather than putting (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Cancel a message? How on earth could you do that? I am assuming you were discussing a message already posted.......___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Sight: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ 13177071 ___...___ (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep. From Netscape 4.05 Edit|Delete on any message you posted. (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's a fairly standard Usenet thing. It's also really easy to abuse -- it's easy to forge a cancel message for someone else's post. So a lot of servers are set to ignore them, which sorta makes the whole thing not work. Hopefully there will be (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Alas, I am unable to delete anything anyway. I would only be interested in deleting a too-strong flame (mine, not someone else's). Thanks for your help...! ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Sight: (URL) Instant Messenger: (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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