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In article <1927@thanatos.win-uk.net>,
osiris@thanatos.win-uk.net (Paul Burridge) wrote:

> Really? ISTR that Marshall Rice contacted Demon to find out how to
> cancel a posting and no one was able to tell him!

I don't remember who it was but someone at Demon was knowledgable
enough to understand cancel-posts and willing to lead me through
it.

I once accidentally made a post that my news software refused to
cancel (it wouldn't believe that it came from my account).  This
post was potentially reputation-damaging to someone else (should
have been emailed to them, not posted -- you know how it is).

I frantically read the RFCs to find out how to cancel my post,
made a post that I thought would do the trick, and was dismayed
to find that it didn't work.  Phoned Demon's helpdesk number in
a great panic, threw myself on their mercy, and ended-up
speaking to someone who lead me through the requirements in
enough detail to let me spot my error and fake a cancel-post.
The key was to explain that I was doing it by telnet -- once
the phone-support-person realised I understood NNTP they passed
me on.

Simon.
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