> >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
> rec.models.rockets
>
I've been lurking & reading this thread for awhile...
I believe that a cancel-bot (or cancel person) just has to post a message
with a header including the line:
Control: cancel <mess-ID>
where <mess-ID> is the message-ID of the message to cancel.
I use this method myself to kill obvious spam, and stupid test postings.
I've noticed that my faq lasts for about 4 days on *.answers -- maybe mine
was cancelled, too...? Best use of DejaNews, yet!
John D. Verne
comp.lang.forth
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