Cancelling a Message

I find that when I cancel a message I've posted on a newsgroup, it
disappears from the group. However, the message is still visible
when viewing the newsgroup from another computer. How
does one completely cancel a message that they're written?

Thanks!
Scott

In news:43581A35.2B90B48F@uslink.net,
Scott <golden@uslink.net> typed:

> I find that when I cancel a message I've posted on a newsgroup,
> it
> disappears from the group. However, the message is still
> visible
> when viewing the newsgroup from another computer. How
> does one completely cancel a message that they're written?


In general, you can't, unless you do it almost immediately after
posting. Newsgroup messages are quickly propagated to many
different servers all over the world. Even if you cancel a
message on the server you posted it to (and that's all you can
ever do), it will remain on lots of other servers, not to mention
places like Googlegroups.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

I think you have to be quick. You must cancel before it propagates to the
other servers. It also helps to connect directly to the Microsoft NNTP
servers news.microsoft.com

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Scott" wrote:
>I find that when I cancel a message I've posted on a newsgroup, it
> disappears from the group. However, the message is still visible
> when viewing the newsgroup from another computer. How
> does one completely cancel a message that they're written?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>

At last report, you can't cancel a message on the MS servers.
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

About FrontPage 2003:
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"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e4y$tec1FHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
|I think you have to be quick. You must cancel before it propagates to the
| other servers. It also helps to connect directly to the Microsoft NNTP
| servers news.microsoft.com
|
| --
|
| Regards,
|
| Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| Microsoft Certified Professional
| Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| http://www.microsoft.com/protect
|
| "Scott" wrote:
| >I find that when I cancel a message I've posted on a newsgroup, it
| > disappears from the group. However, the message is still visible
| > when viewing the newsgroup from another computer. How
| > does one completely cancel a message that they're written?
| >
| > Thanks!
| > Scott
| >
|
|

I could be wrong but I thought it had worked for me before.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Tom Pepper Willett" wrote:
> At last report, you can't cancel a message on the MS servers.
> --
> ===
> Tom "Pepper" Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> ---
> FrontPage Support:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
>
> About FrontPage 2003:
> http://office.microsoft.com/home/off...tid=FX01085802

Hi Tom,

You should be able to cancel your own, I know I have and JE has stated that
this function should work for those connecting directly through the msnews
server.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Tom Pepper Willett" <tompepper@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
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> At last report, you can't cancel a message on the MS servers.
> --
> ===
> Tom "Pepper" Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> ---
> FrontPage Support:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
>
> About FrontPage 2003:
> http://office.microsoft.com/home/off...tid=FX01085802
> ===
> "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4y$tec1FHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> |I think you have to be quick. You must cancel before it propagates to the
> | other servers. It also helps to connect directly to the Microsoft NNTP
> | servers news.microsoft.com
> |
> | --
> |
> | Regards,
> |
> | Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> | Microsoft Certified Professional
> | Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> | http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> |
> | "Scott" wrote:
> | >I find that when I cancel a message I've posted on a newsgroup, it
> | > disappears from the group. However, the message is still visible
> | > when viewing the newsgroup from another computer. How
> | > does one completely cancel a message that they're written?
> | >
> | > Thanks!
> | > Scott
> | >
> |
> |
>
>