Cannot Cancel Articles Posted to Public Internet News Servers

 Last reviewed: August 7, 1997
Article ID: Q164420
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News versions 1.0, 1.1 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Microsoft Internet News and you click Cancel on the File menu, your message may not be removed from some news servers.

CAUSE

The ability to cancel a message sent to a specific news server is dependent upon that news server's configuration. Many news servers are configured to ignore cancel requests.

MORE INFORMATION

Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) for information regarding specific news servers and your ISP's usenet message canceling policy.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10
Keywords : inetnewsmac inetnewsnt inetnewsw31 inetnewsw95 kbother
Version : 1.0 1.1 | 1.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 7, 1997
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