What's annoying ( UC)

David Nebenzahl wrote:


Not quite true; posts *can* be deleted (only by their author). (Look in
your news/mail client's "Edit" menu; should be a "Delete" item.) But
this thing is, *it doesn't always work*. In UC's case, apparently,
hardly ever.

Ah ha.

Question for UC, are you deleting posts by issuing cancels? I don't think
many servers respect cancels nowadays.

Pete


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Yes, but you see, *it doesn't work*. Don't you see that? Don't you see
all your multiple posts here? I do, and so does everyone else.

Have a look in Google groups. He does not see them.

The trouble is, Google propagates them before he deletes them. So the only
person not seeing them is UC, which from everyones point of view,
especiallys UC's, if I were him, is worse then useless.

Pete

Peter Chant spake thus:

Yes, but you see, *it doesn't work*. Don't you see that? Don't you
see all your multiple posts here? I do, and so does everyone else.

Have a look in Google groups. He does not see them.

The trouble is, Google propagates them before he deletes them. So the
only person not seeing them is UC, which from everyones point of
view, especiallys UC's, if I were him, is worse then useless.

Hey, UC, didja hear that? You're viewing the newsgroup through a filter
that only applies to you.

Try reading this group normally (i.e., through a mail/news client, like
Thunderbird or even [cough] Outhouse Express); you'll see many many
"rough drafts" that you thought had been nuked.


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The only reason corrupt Republicans rule the roost in Washington
is because the corrupt Democrats can't muster any viable opposition.

Not quite true; posts *can* be deleted (only by their author). (Look in
your news/mail client's "Edit" menu; should be a "Delete" item.) But
this thing is, *it doesn't always work*. In UC's case, apparently,
hardly ever.

Sorry, USENET servers can ignore the purge broadcasts.

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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One suggestion for something you might do to help make your case (and
clean up this newsgroup while you're at it): enough with the multiple
posts already!

You're the only poster I've seen who regularly does this; invariably,
there will be one UC post (usually a reply to another message), followed
by another, or sometimes 2 or 3, nearly identical messages. What's the
problem--don't you know how to edit posts before clicking "Send"? C'mon,
you can do better than that. From now on, how about trying to get it all
in there the first time? Other people seem to manage this fairly well.


Do you really think a dysfunctional, mental wreck like that is amenable to
reason? The only time I see his handiwork is when others respond.

UC,

It doesn't work that way. Google immediatley broadcasts a posted message
to news servers that are never updated. Maybe Google will update itself,
but most of us don't use Google and see duplicates.

--Mike

No, I add a new one with changes and delete the old one.

Hey, UC, didja hear that? You're viewing the newsgroup through a filter
that only applies to you.

Try reading this group normally (i.e., through a mail/news client, like
Thunderbird or even [cough] Outhouse Express); you'll see many many
"rough drafts" that you thought had been nuked.

I can't fault UC for this. Most people don't want to mess around with
configuring a usenet client. Heck, my ISP had the *wrong* newsservers
listed on their info page. Took me awhile to get the correct information.
It was a royal pain and I used Google until I got it straightened out.

Hopefully UC will just post once and not try to edit.

--Mike

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Mike wrote:


Most people don't want to mess around with
configuring a usenet client.

Wow really, after all is it that hard to do?

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or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:50:38 -0500, G- Blank wrote:

In article ,
Mike wrote:


Most people don't want to mess around with
configuring a usenet client.

Wow really, after all is it that hard to do?

Try PAN it is very very simple to set up and use.

Mike spake thus:

Not quite true; posts *can* be deleted (only by their author).
(Look in your news/mail client's "Edit" menu; should be a "Delete"
item.) But this thing is, *it doesn't always work*. In UC's case,
apparently, hardly ever.

Sorry, USENET servers can ignore the purge broadcasts.

Well, that's why it sometimes doesn't work, as I said. But there is
definitely a delete operation; it's just not honored by all providers.


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The only reason corrupt Republicans rule the roost in Washington
is because the corrupt Democrats can't muster any viable opposition.