Yes, Virginia, there is a FAQ for cancel messages. I believe the
essential facts have been mentioned already by John but this is a good
FAQ to have for reference -- when I complain about off-topic posts
(secret hobby of mine, never mind :-) I always include the URL so the
offender gets a chance to find out how clean up after him- or herself.
The Cancel FAQ is at
<http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/cancel.html>
/* era */
(Incidentally, many sysadmins will tell you that a spammer has been
"dealt with" when they have booted the offender off their system ...
yet the off-topic messages still linger in the newsgroups until they
expire or some friendly vigilante canceller [sorry, Chris :-] cancels
them.
((In double (no, triple (I think)) parens, for the irony impaired:
I think Chris Lewis is doing a tremendously good job, no question
about it. The only problem is that there should be more people like
him. Unfortunately.)))
-- Defin-i-t-e-ly. Sep-a-r-a-te. Gram-m-a-r. <http://www.iki.fi/~era/> * Enjoy receiving spam? Register at <http://www.iki.fi/~era/spam.html>
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