[Pan-users] Re: ARG Re: Newsfeed

[Beartooth]

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:39:41 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> Beartooth <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden,
> 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.