Tassilo Horn <tass...@member.fsf.org> writes: > Markus Heller <helle...@gmail.com> writes: > >> first, my apologies for my previous posting, that was posted by >> accident, and when trying to cancel the article in gnus, it prompted >> me for a Canlock password which I don't know, so I wasn't able to >> cancel the posting. > > ,----[ (info "(message)Canceling News") ] > | The `message-cancel-news' command cancels the article in the current > | buffer. > | > | The value of `message-cancel-message' is inserted in the body of the > | cancel message. The default is `I am canceling my own article.'. > | > | When Message posts news messages, it inserts `Cancel-Lock' headers > | by default. This is a cryptographic header that ensures that only you > | can cancel your own messages, which is nice. The downside is that if > | you lose your `.emacs' file (which is where Gnus stores the secret > | cancel lock password (which is generated automatically the first time > | you use this feature)), you won't be able to cancel your message. If > | you want to manage a password yourself, you can put something like the > | following in your `~/.gnus.el' file: > | > | (setq canlock-password "geheimnis" > | canlock-password-for-verify canlock-password) > | > | Whether to insert the header or not is controlled by the > | `message-insert-canlock' variable. > | > | Not many news servers respect the `Cancel-Lock' header yet, but this > | is expected to change in the future. > `----
Thanks Tassilo. Man I really have to learn how to use the manpages/info thingy ... Cheers Markus _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
