From: Alex de Joode <usura@xs4all.nl>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 03:27:21 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: cancelling a message
Message-ID: <199409301026.AA29567@xs1.xs4all.nl>
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In article <Pine.A32.3.90.940930022318.97901A-100000@hopi.gate.net> you did write:

: Someone in here recently mentioned cancelling a post on USENET. It's been 
: put to my knowledge that this is possible, but I have never known what it 
: actually means and how it is done. Whose messages can I cancel(anyone's 
: on the whole worldwide I-net or?) and how do I cancel them? If it helps 
: any, I use the Tin Pl12 newsreader. Any replies are welcome. Please fill 
: me in on this one. Thank you.

Check the control newsgroup for the exact format of canceld messages,
you can fake a cancelmessage the same way as faking a post:

	use inews. (in a Unix Environment)

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