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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: news re-post screwup - sorry
Message-ID: <6942@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 89 19:10:43 GMT
References: <31988@sri-unix.SRI.COM>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <31988@sri-unix.SRI.COM> cole@sri-unix.ARPA (Susan E. Cole) writes:
> I made an error that resulted in a day's worth of news being reposted
> from this machine.  I apologize for the trouble and confusion this
> caused.
> - Susan Cole

Susan had sent me mail asking if there was anyway of deleting the reposted
messages.  After seeing how many of the disgusting things had come in over-
nite, I made up a little script to send out control messages to delete them.

Hopefully, the pain of ~1000 control messages is less than that of ~1000
messages spread across as assortment of news groups.  I dunno.  Flames
regarding the wisdom of canceling that many posting should be directed to
/dev/null unless they are either unusually imaginative or informative.  8-)

I tried to be careful, but it is possible that some small number of valid
postings made from sri-unix over the weekend also got zapped.  If so, I
apologize for the inconveniece.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)