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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960729214136.1493I-100000@crl7.crl.com>, 
dk@crl7.crl.com says...
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>> so... how do you send a delete message?
>
>Depends on the software you're using.  Using Tin, a UNIX command line 
>program (which I still believe is the best newsreader ever made) you 
>simply move to the message you wish to delete, then press capital-D.  
>Other software is different.  Read your documentation for more info.  If 
>your software doesn't send delete messages, get one that does.  There 
are 
>plenty of *good* newsreaders out there without having to use a broken 
one.

If you really want to go nuts, you can probably recover a delete message 
from the "control" pseudo-newsgroup and then modify the information and 
repost it as your own. Anyone who would do this would probably read news 
by telneting to port 119 of his news server and giving the raw NNTP 
commands.

Anyway, here is an example of a cancel message. I think the only part 
which is really of significance is the header line:

Control: cancel <hawrelak-2907962244450001@remote344.compusmart.ab.ca>

Path: 
ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews.worldnet.att.net!hunter
..premier.net!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!bert
..compusmart.ab.ca!remote344.compusmart.ab.ca!user
From: hawrelak@compusmart.ab.ca (Alan Hawrelak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior
Subject: cmsg cancel 
<hawrelak-2907962244450001@remote344.compusmart.ab.ca>
Control: cancel <hawrelak-2907962244450001@remote344.compusmart.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:44:57 -0600
Organization: SmartNet Internet Services
Lines: 1
Message-ID: <hawrelak-2907962244570001@remote344.compusmart.ab.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: remote344.compusmart.ab.ca

cancel <hawrelak-2907962244450001@remote344.compusmart.ab.ca>
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