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[gary at oak.circa.ufl.edu]

In article <1103 at crockpot.East.Sun.COM>, matthew at sunpix.East.Sun.COM ( Sun Visualization Products) writes...
|   Posting a cancel message should be a function of your news reader.  One
|option in you news reader should permit you to cancel the posting your 
|currently reading, if it was posted by you.

  Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be a feature of this news reading program.
I am using a VAX VMS system to access USEnet via the local UNIX system, thus
this program is rather simplistic (and bug riddled). Apparently that is a
feature that will have to be added on in the future, unless someone can suggest
where a very complete VMS NEWS program can be found...

|  If you are inquisitive as to what a 'control' message actually looks like,
|browse the 'control' subdirectory of your sites news spool directory. 
|(Typically, /usr/spool/news/control)

  I suppose that can be done with a friend who has a UNIX account.


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