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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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Subject: Re: Cancelling Post
Keywords: Rookie Fowl Up
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Date: 19 Sep 89 17:31:25 GMT
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In article <1918@hydra.gatech.EDU> re4@prism.gatech.EDU (RUSSELL EARNEST) writes:
>I posted an article and when i read it I realized it was messed up. Instead of
>doing a "C" to cancel, as I now know I should have, I exited thinking I could
>"unpost" using postnews.
>
>Realizing that mistake, I went back to "rn" to pull up the article by number
>and do the proper cancel but since all articles in the group were read, I
>couldn't get into the group. What do I do at that point?

To cancel an article you've already read (assume you posted it to newsgroup
rec.blah), invoke RN and do this:

	1. Type "o blah" or "g rec.blah" to open the group.  If you have
	   already read everything in the group, this will position you at
	   "End of newsgroup rec.blah" but give you an article prompt.
	   This is documented on RN manual pages 3 and 4.

	2. To find your most recently posted article, type

		?From: re4?rh

	   and hit Enter.  Rn will backtrack and display your article
	   if it has been posted to the spool directory.  This is
	   documented on RN man page 8.

	3. Then hit "C" to cancel the article.  This is documented
	   on RN manual page 10.

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