Can't get GNUS to cancel my articles?

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From: Jonathan King
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 01:09

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Recently I posted an article to sci.math using _postnews.  Then I re-invoked
Gnus, read my own article, in the *Subject* buffer typed "C"
(gnus-Subject-cancel-article) and saw (and heard!) this error in the
minibuffer: 

  Search failed: "^J^J"

As suggested in the GNUS documentation, I set debug-on-error to 't'
and typed "C" again.  This is what printed in the debug buffer:

Signalling: (search-failed "

")
  search-forward("\n\n")
  byte-code("AEF!
urs" get-buffer-create " *GNUS-posting*" buffer-flush-undo erase-buffer insert "Newsgroups: " "\n" "Subject: cancel " "Control: cancel " "Distribution: " "" gnus-inews-insert-headers "Canceling your article..." gnus-request-post "Canceling your article... done" "Failed to cancel your article" kill-buffer] 32)
  gnus-cancel-news()
  byte-code("AC@A\"D\nE \"" [t nil gnus-Article-buffer gnus-Subject-select-article gnus-eval-in-buffer-window gnus-cancel-news] 5)
  gnus-Subject-cancel-article()
* call-interactively(gnus-Subject-cancel-article)


I know nothing about the debugger and can't interprete the above.

Can you detect what I am doing wrong?  This is unlikely to be of
netwide interest, so you may wish to reply to
squash@math.ufl.edu


		Thank you,

		Jonathan King

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From: squash@math.ufl.edu (Jonathan King)
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Subject: Can't get GNUS to cancel my articles?
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Date: 6 Dec 90 01:09:33 GMT
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