Cannot Cancel Articles Posted to Public Internet News Servers

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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.

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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.

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MORE INFORMATION

Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) for information regarding specific news servers and your ISP's usenet message canceling policy.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0
Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.1 for Macintosh
Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0 for Macintosh

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kbother KB164420

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