Basil Chupin wrote:
On 21/04/12 22:00, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Hello,
It seems that I can't delete/cancel my own posts with thunderbird (11.0, openSUSE 12.1) in newsgroups, when I can do with pan. If I remember correctly, posts are not deleted on the servers. Just
On 2012-04-21 10:18, jdd wrote: they are not displayed on your machine. Yes, I think so too - once your post is out, it's out, although I think there is an option to supercede it.
If I recall correctly, back in the early 1990s, when newsgroups were very active and the software had the ability to do so, one could actually delete a message and it would even get deleted from the recipient's computer PROVIDED that s/he had not saved it (as a backup for example).
I think there is a Cancel/Rescind Message option in NNTP, but I don't believe very many news-servers support(ed) it. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.7°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org