In article <d69av1$1v9g$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
> At risk of being off-topic here, I have noticed that on some newsgroups
> (perhaps newsreaders or servers) do not honour some available
> functionality. I got replies to superseded messages and I began to look for
> explanations. I have not been successful so far. I'd be grateful to anyone
> who can clarify. Is "supersede post" a deprecated notion (i.e. am I causing
> clutter by using it)? Is it more of a wish-list feature that is not
> globally supported?
Many news servers ignore supersedes due to the abuse generated. It is,
unfortunaltl, utterly unreliable.
--
Mike Bristow - really a very good driver
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