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William Hamblen wrote:
It is best to behave as if delete never works and be sure you want the whole world to read your article. * Wise words indeed! :-) * Chris.B |
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Ralph Hertle wrote:
Bob May wrote: You can't delete something posted to the newsgroups! Your post got sent ot a whole bunch of different places which would make that job rather difficult in the first place and the second is that the philosopy of the newsgroups is that you don't delete a post. [clip] Bob: The original poster only may delete his/her own posts. Members who post their own replies may only delete their own replies. Those who cross post must open their own posts at the other Usenet newsgroups and delete from that news group. Mirror sites may not automatically respond and make a deletion that corresponds to the deletion of the original Usenet news group message. Google is a mirror site that carries and archives the content from Usenet news groups. I don't know their current practice on deletions. You must act within a certain specified time to delete (a matter of hours), and deletions are not possible after that. Simply select your post and hit delete in either of several ways. Accept the command as required on two or so panels, and the post will disappear from the display. Ralph Hertle I'm sorry but I don't understand the problem Did you post something that was not meant to be posted? Apologise and leave it at that. Was it embrrassing? Then go red and apologise! Was it incorrect? Then correct the mistake and move on!! Accept neswgroups as a dinner party - Say something wrong and everyone hears it! Correct it and move on! Pass wind!! Go red, apologise - and move on Now - about astronomy?????? Regards Phil |
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The original poster only may delete his/her own posts.
Members who post their own replies may only delete their own replies. Not true. Notice the "test" msgs are gone? Hmmm. If the original author didn't remove them, who did? If you wish to remove ANYONE'S msg, use an older version of Netscape, probably any one before 4.78 and configure the "Identity" in your preference menu exactly as the poster whose post you wish to cancel has his. Same name, email, organization, etc... and cancel away. It works great to get rid of spam postings to NG's, at least some of them, not all posts can be so easily cancelled. |
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The original poster only may delete his/her own posts.
Members who post their own replies may only delete their own replies. Not true. Notice the "test" msgs are gone? Hmmm. If the original author didn't remove them, who did? If you wish to remove ANYONE'S msg, use an older version of Netscape, probably any one before 4.8 and configure the "Identity" in your preference menu exactly as the poster whose post you wish to cancel has his. Same name, email, organization, etc... and cancel away. It works great to get rid of spam postings to NG's, at least some of them, not all posts can be so easily cancelled. |
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Not true. Notice the "test" msgs are gone? Hmmm. If the original author
didn't remove them, who did? They're not gone in my newsreader. -Florian |
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Phil:
I was simply offering gratuitous information for the original and other posters who were obviously having difficulty deleting a post. Phil Hawkins wrote: [clip] I'm sorry but I don't understand the problem Not true. Did you post something that was not meant to be posted? Apologise and leave it at that. Was it embrrassing? Then go red and apologise! Was it incorrect? Then correct the mistake and move on!! Accept neswgroups as a dinner party - Say something wrong and everyone hears it! Correct it and move on! Pass wind!! Go red, apologise - and move on Now - about astronomy?????? Regards Phil What a discourteous reply. All of that is not true and you obviously haven't read the thread. A number of posters have added appropriate technical suggestions, and that should be enough. The purpose of the exchange was to enable people to delete inadvertent or test messages after they had been posted. The suggestions regarding the public nature of the Usenet and other email systems were right on. Ralph Hertle |
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