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In article <ant1620360b0XL#k@pharpech.demon.co.uk>, Dave Roberts (Dave@pharpech.demon.co.uk) writes:

>I'm sure you didn't get where you are today by assuming stuff couldn't be
>done because you didn't know about it... If you have a problem in a
>situation in which you are unfamiliar you normally ask someone who is
>familiar what you should do. Don't you?

Not if I assume the question is futile, which in this instance, I
would have. 

>> After all, it's highly unlikely that I'd be the only one to spot it. How
>> many others would have done so by the time the newsgroup in your
>> suggestion responded to the question, even if it occurred to me to pose
>> it?
>
>A lot less than would have done if you simply decided to fax all the ISPs
>you could find to ask them to remove it. If it had even occurred to you to
>phone up your ISP (most have a helpline to help their subscribers with
>problems) then the answer would be a lot faster.

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

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