Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/18/06 00:45

Rik wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>tatsudoshi wrote:
>>
>>>Sorry for messing up the messages. I have never tryed using
>>>newsgroups before.
>>>Is it possible to delete a message from the group?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>No, you can't delete a message from a newsgroup. It's on hundreds of
>>servers all over the world.
>
>
> Well, you can try to cancel the message, which will work with significant
> delay on some servers, and then only for the users that haven't downloaded
> it already. Confusion all around, it's a marvelous thing.
>
> Grtz,

Rik,

Unfortunately, very few servers process cancel requests any more. It's
too easy to fake it and cancel someone else's post.

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