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Posted by Buck Frobisher on January 10, 2007, 8:56 am
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> Andrew wrote:
>> phughes200@hotmail.com wrote:
>> > Thanks. I did. I deleted this post but you saw my post before I was
>> > able to delete it.
>>
>> It's still there! Curious, how do you think you can delete a post to a
>> non-moderated NG once you hit SEND? I didn't think that's
>> possible....once
>> it's in the NG, it's there for eternity.
>>
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> Regards -
>>
>> - Andrew
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> Andrew,
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> As I understand it, the author can delete his own message by clicking
> on the view options button. My orginal post is no longer visible. Yes
> it does exist somewhere on a server or archive. Since someone answered
> my post before I could delete it, you can see my post embedded in the
> answer.
>
This was theoretically possible in the beginnings of USENET, but I don't
think that any servers recognize control code messages today. Once you send
it, it stays with or without a reply.
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