Control,

along with a lot of other customized headers that I use. Note that if
a customized header is blank, it will not be sent out with a
message. Then whenever I want to cancel a message I do this:

1] In the message you want to cancel, type H to view full headers.

2] Copy the Message-ID -- including angle brackets -- into your
   clipboard. For example, if it is:

    Message-ID: <bar>

   Your clipboard will contain:

     <bar>

3] Type R to reply to your message. Do not include the original message
   in the reply and choose F for followup. This will set your Newsgroups
   header so it contains the newsgroup(s) your message was posted to.

5] (Optional) Insert the word `Cancel' at the beginning of the Subject.
   The subject can be anything non-blank.

4] Type ^R to view rich headers.

5] (Essential) Go to the Control header and paste the Message-ID that
   is in your clipboard. Insert `cancel ' before the Message-ID so
   the header looks like this:

    Control: cancel <bar>

6] Type ^X to send this cancel message.

7] After a while (it sometimes takes quite a while), check to see
   if your message was canceled.

If you are like me and never remember what exactly is the format of
the Control header, you can create a role called `cancel' that
contains these instructions as the template. After you use the
template to remind you how to construct the headers, delete the body
of the message and send it. It's actually ok if you send out text in
the body of the message but it's a waste of bandwidth.

Good luck,
Feedback is welcome on these instructions,
Nancy

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