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From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: A deluge of email
Message-ID: <585@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 89 16:12:10 GMT
References: <1989Jun19.161146.21609@eci386.uucp>
Organization: Lakart Corporation, Newton, MA
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clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis) sez:
> In article <575@lakart.UUCP> dg@lakart.UUCP (who, me?) writes:
>>Dave - try to use rn to read the article and cancel it with a 'C' - that
>>sends out a message that will can the article on any system.
> 
> The cancel would probably bounce exactly the same way and double the flood
> of mail he's getting.  Certainly won't cancel the mail that's already been
> generated.

Unlikely - cancel messages go out in newsgroup control, which is
not moderated. So a cancel message shouldn't generate any flak.
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