Re: Ignore the post above. WRONG newsgroup. Found the correct one.




"Michael Cole" <noone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OP6fVVx7FHA.2040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Suzette" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uFG$MKx7FHA.2012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> With OE (which you seem to be using, you can cancel your own posts.
>
> From the Help File...
> To cancel a posted message
>
> 1.. In the Folders list, select the newsgroup in which you posted the
> message, and then select your message.
> 2.. On the Message menu, click Cancel Message.
> Notes
>
> a.. You can only cancel messages that you posted.
> b.. After you cancel a message, it may take some time for it to be
> removed
> from your server and other servers on the Internet. Canceling a message
> does
> not remove it from another user's computer if the user downloaded the
> message before it was canceled.

c. If it's not cancelled quickly, it's archived by google (and probably
others) anyway.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic


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