Re: [OT] Emacs for 64 bit Windows 7

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Markus Heller <hellerm2@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.
`----

Bye,
Tassilo