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From: tim@ISM780B.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 17:38:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 17:38:00 1985
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/* Written  8:21 pm  Nov  2, 1985 by geoff@desint in net.news */

> [ if you see a control message IN a group, then it didn't work ]

Brian is right that a properly-formed control message should be invisible,
and we can be thankful the intruder made a formating error.  However, on
my machine (2.10.2 news with most patches), the damn things still seem to
cancel articles successfully.  At least, my investigations have shown
"cancelled" messages in my history file for some of these articles.

/* End of text from net.news */

It sounds like the person discovered his formating error and resent
corrected control messages.  This is why you both say them and had them
take effect.

						Tim Smith
						ima!ism780b!tim
						ihnp4!cithep!tim