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From: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Cancelling Post
Keywords: Rookie Fowl Up
Message-ID: <9634@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 89 21:31:55 GMT
References: <1918@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr,54354,mv,3a018,508 960 6182)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1918@hydra.gatech.EDU> re4@prism.gatech.EDU (RUSSELL EARNEST) writes:
>Ok - Here's what I did. How can I fix it now. (I have RTFM but I may have mis-  
>sed something)
>
>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?

At the newsgroup-selection-level prompt, issue the command "g" followed by
the full name of the newsgroup.  For example, if the group had the name
"abc.xyz", then you type
      gabc.xyz<CR>
where <CR> is a carriage return.  You will get the line:
      *******   0 unread articles in abc.xyz   Read now? [ynq]
Press <space>, indicating yes.  You will get the response:
      End of newsgroup abc.xyz
      What next? [qnp]

>Also, since I've already read the article, will I be able to pull it up by 
>number once I get into the group?

If you know the number of you article, enter it now.
If not, search for it with
      ?some-text-in-the-subject-line?r
The trailing "r" specifies already-read articles.

>When helping with this problem, please flame me good so that others will learn
>from my brazen irresponsibility.

I assume that you forgot the smiley on the last statement!
Seriously, Russell, there is no reason to flame you.
You asked a legitimate question, and it deserves a legitimate answer.
This newsgroup is intended for new users to ask questions, and to get an
answer, not to get their heads burnt off.
Flaming should not be tolerated in this group.
--
Dick Grady              r_r_grady@att.com          ...!att!mvuxd!r4