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There was this griefer mythomaniac in the Swedish groups, who sent cancels on others' messages all the time when he couldn't answer (I assume with constructed h
by berntb 17y ago
There was this griefer mythomaniac in the Swedish groups, who sent cancels on others' messages all the time when he couldn't answer (I assume with constructed headers so it wouldn't be removed on your local server).
He also did things like send cancels on people quoting his insulting stuff long afterwards, so they wouldn't show up with his name in Google.
I had read the rfc:s, but couldn't even imagine anyone would be so unserious at the time. Ah, innocence.
I don't know if Google still remove messages when cancels show up on Usenet, but you could try...
Edit: OK, I can't complain about the downvotes; it was a joke but it is arguably immoral to remove information.
- jodrellblank 17y agoSorry! - Downvote was iPhone fatfingered mistake. (For a group so enthusiastic about version control with a leader who pushed for etherpad's timeline document history, this one vote then lockin feels a bit out of character)
- johnnybgoode 17y agoI upvoted to compensate. Good on you for explaining what happened.
- jacquesm 17y agoAn extra bit of room between those arrows would go a long way to solving that I think.
- jodrellblank 17y agoIt would if you think I was going for the up arrow - I was actually going for the reply link of the parent post (yes, I had already zoomed in).