Subject: canceling news messages

From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 17:41:41 GMT

What is the best way to cancel a news message that I posted with
Pine?  The last time I looked into this, you had to construct the
cancel headers yourself -- is that still the case?  If so, what
exactly do I need to put in the headers.  Does anyone know if I can
use another news reader to cancel a message that I posted with
Pine?

Thanks,
Nancy

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From: [email-masked] (Orjan Johansen)
Date: 9 Mar 1997 01:24:52 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Nancy McGough  <[email-masked]> wrote:
>exactly do I need to put in the headers.

I haven't heard of any cancel command in pine yet.
If I remember correctly the headers are:

Control: cancel <old-message-id>
Subject: cmsg <old-message-id>

If you want to replace the message, you should also be able to use

Supersedes: <old-message-id>

(In fact I thought of this after originally posting so this message 
will contain that header.)

>Does anyone know if I can use another news reader to cancel a message 
>that I posted with Pine?

I am pretty sure you can, just as long as the sender address is the same.

Greetings,
Ørjan.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:30:53 +0000 (GMT)

> Subject: cmsg <old-message-id>

I think the latter should actually read:

Subject: cmsg cancel <old-message-id>

In fact I've found that the Subject line is sufficient (at least, it is
for our INN-based server).

Cheers,

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From: [email-masked] (Guy Macon)
Date: 18 Mar 1997 15:54:29 GMT

>for our INN-based server).

Here is the proper format, with the ID of what you want to
cancel replacing *, (and of course your own email address).

[this is the header]

Newsgroups: [put newsgroups list here] 
Subject: cmsg cancel <*>
Control: cancel <*>
Message-ID: <cancel.*>
X-No-Archive: Yes
From: [email-masked]
Sender: [email-masked] (Guy Macon)
Approved: [email-masked]
X-Cancelled-By: [email-masked]
Lines: 4

[this is the body]

Article <*>
cancelled by [email-masked] (Guy Macon)
I am the original author.
Email me if you have questions.