Re: Archiving Issues

Adam B. Roach (adam.roach@exu.ericsson.se)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:18:42 -0600 (CST)

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>I'd equate the issue with the ability to cancel an article. You can
>easily cancel an article from the news servers of the world. But how
>many archives honor a cancel control message?
>
>Compare the archives to a news server with a huge spool and a long
>expire time. They're also keeping the articles around for a very long
>time, but they still allow you to cancel.

Not all of them. Cancel messages are a request, not a command. Sites can
be configured to ignore them.

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