Cannot Cancel Articles Posted to Public Internet News Servers (164420)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.1 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0 for Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0 for Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q164420

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Microsoft Internet News and you click Cancel on the File menu, your message may not be removed from some news servers.

CAUSE

The ability to cancel a message sent to a specific news server is dependent upon that news server's configuration. Many news servers are configured to ignore cancel requests.

MORE INFORMATION

Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) for information regarding specific news servers and your ISP's usenet message canceling policy.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbother KB164420
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