LE> You *really* don't understand Usenet, do you?

Howdy Leonard,

That's only your personal opinion.  Knowing how all the networks really work is
part of how I make my living.  I'm quite familiar with how the moderated
newsgroups on UseNet are censored.

 LE> There have been some problems in recent years with forged cancel
 LE> messages. However, this is a minor problem. Being able to accept
 LE> cancel messages from "trusted sources" to get rid of all the
 LE> commercial spam out there is a *very* useful feature.

Vigilante cancel messages are a major problem right now for the business folks
trying to use InterNet.  Whoever orginally put together the cancel message
procedures didn't bother to incorporate passwords or authentication to control
their abuse.

Chris