On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:39:41 +0000, Duncan wrote:
> Beartooth <[email protected]> posted
> [email protected],
> excerpted below, on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:37:17 +0000:
>
>>> Went there, did that -- three or four times, alas! (I forgot
>> about Gmane emailing me, because it would notice the new address. And
>> what's worse, comcast has me on a pop3 account, not IMAP -- so I don't
>> get notified of new emails.)
>>
>> What's the difference between Supersede and Cancel?? <hunkering
>> down, looking for a hole to crawl into>
>
> Supersede replaces an article with a new one. Cancel posts a control
> message telling servers to ignore/delete the original post.
OK, makes sense.
> However, it's up to the server whether they honor either of the above.
[...]
Yes, I noticed when signing up for motzarella that it doesn't.
> However, if it was the first post to a new group/list from a new address
> at gmane, you're in luck, since if I'm not mistaken, it only keeps the
> last one, throwing away all previous attempts, until you confirm.
That seems to've happened -- I don't see the extras today.
Blessed be Gmane, once again!
--
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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