Re: FAQs regurgitated out of calgary.istar.net

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Wolfram v.Kiparski (wolf@netheaven.com)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 01:05:56 -0500 (EST)

>Well, did you know that HUNDREDS of news.answers posts had been canceled by
>the "winternet canceler?" I'm sure that the two are connected-- someone
>may have looked at the canceled message-ID numbers and tried to repost any
>of the ones that were canceled...

Kate,

Did your posts actually get canceled? I heard about the problem from some
guy in France who asked me about it, and forwarded one of the cancel messages.
I ran a search (Dejanews) on "mfrankow@winternet.com (Michael Frankowski)" and
discovered >8500 messages - presumably the all have the same message:

"Please cancel this article"

Doesn't it take more than posting a message to cancel an article?
AFAIK, my posts still remain, despite being "canceled." Looks like a prank.
I'll double check tonight...

Wolfram
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