All it takes is knowing the right header to add (in addition to the
control header), and probably knowledge of how to avoid the local
server's permissions for control messages. Not terribly difficult.
> > AFAIK, my posts still remain, despite being "canceled." Looks like a prank.
>
> Not necessarily. the person may have heard that some FAQs had gotten
> canceled, perhaps they expired early on his server, and was concerned
> enough to drop you a "look into this?" note.
Some sites may choose to ignore some cancel messages, or even all of
them. I think that's why folks are checking the cancel messages themselves
rather than just checking for the articles in question in the news
spool.
-Danny
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