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From: Peter Chapin <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2014, Simon Clubley wrote:

> It's Usenet server specific.
>
> Assuming your originating Usenet server doesn't outright drop the cancel 
> on the floor, it's up to each receiving Usenet server if it honours the 
> cancel or ignores it as some servers have it disabled due to abuse.
>
> However, I haven't had to look at this for at _least_ a couple of years
> so I have no idea what percentage "some servers" actually is these days.

I'm not certain of this but I'd be surprised if requests to cancel 
messages are honored by "big time" news servers. I think in today's world 
the feature is probably only useful for in-house servers used for internal 
communication and even then probably only when authentication is required.

Peter

P.S. I hope I'm not making a fool of myself here... this message can't be 
canceled and will end up in Google's archives until the end of time. :)