Re: BS support "cancel" ?

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From: Hal Burgiss
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 03:04

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On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:12:30 -0400, None <None@none.not> wrote:
> 
> It's trivial to forge cancels resulting in the ability of anyone to be
> able to cancel anybody else's articles.
> 
> Some news providers thus feel the potential for abuse far outweighs
> the legitimate benefits of honoring cancels and supersedes.

Its also up to individual server admins whether they want to honor
cancels. Many don't. How do you cancel something off google? Once its
out there, its out there. 

-- 
Hal Burgiss

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From: Hal Burgiss <hal@burgiss.net>
Subject: Re: BS support "cancel" ?
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