INN FAQ What happens to cancels if they arrive before the article ?

INN FAQ Part 7

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Subject: (7.47) What happens to cancels if they arrive before the article ?
Q: What happens if a cancel message arrives before the article it is supposed to cancel? A: (From Rich $alz) \| If VERIFY_CANCELS is set to DO, then early cancel messages are ignored. \| If it is not set to DO, then early cancel messages cause a history line \| to be written for the article being cancelled. Subsequent offers of the \| real article will be rejected. ------------------------------ [Source: INN FAQ Part 7 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part7] [Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/16 01:25:57 $ $Revision: 2.25 $] [Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]

Subject: (7.47) What happens to cancels if they arrive before the article ?

Q: What happens if a cancel message arrives before the article it is
supposed to cancel?

A: (From Rich $alz)
| If VERIFY_CANCELS is set to DO, then early cancel messages are ignored.
| If it is not set to DO, then early cancel messages cause a history line
| to be written for the article being cancelled. Subsequent offers of the
| real article will be rejected.

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[Source: INN FAQ Part 7 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part7]
[Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/16 01:25:57 $ $Revision: 2.25 $]
[Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]