OK, IF YOU CANNOT READ THIS MESSAGE (the text), WHAT NEWSREADER ARE YOU USING? THANKS.

[MOSFET]

Obviously if you can read this, there is no problem, but apparently some
people cannot.

Again, if anyone knows why some people can read the text of my messages and
others cannot I would REALLY like to know. I use MS Outlook Express as my
newsreader. I recently (about two weeks ago) had a COMPLETE system crash
and had to re-install Windows XP. This appears to be when the problems
started.

I guess it's also relevant to know that I had a MONSTER feud going with
another user (Captain Howdy) who seems to know a thing or two about
computers, probably much more than I do (but NOT about car audio; sorry, I
just had to put in that little jab). He did some pretty outrageous things
like putting my car up for sale on a car-sales site (can you believe that?)
and I can DEFINITELY imagine that this MAY have something to do with him (of
course, it may not). So I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to
sabotage my posts in this way.

Any info would be helpful. Thank you,

MOSFET

[Rick Brandt]

"MOSFET" > wrote in message
...
> Obviously if you can read this, there is no problem, but apparently some
> people cannot.
>
> Again, if anyone knows why some people can read the text of my messages and
> others cannot I would REALLY like to know. I use MS Outlook Express as my
> newsreader. I recently (about two weeks ago) had a COMPLETE system crash
> and had to re-install Windows XP. This appears to be when the problems
> started.
>
> I guess it's also relevant to know that I had a MONSTER feud going with
> another user (Captain Howdy) who seems to know a thing or two about
> computers, probably much more than I do (but NOT about car audio; sorry, I
> just had to put in that little jab). He did some pretty outrageous things
> like putting my car up for sale on a car-sales site (can you believe that?)
> and I can DEFINITELY imagine that this MAY have something to do with him (of
> course, it may not). So I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to
> sabotage my posts in this way.
>
> Any info would be helpful. Thank you,

Usenet posts can be cancelled. Usually this is done by the poster, but not
always. Not all servers honor cancellation requests so if "someone" is
canceling your posts who sees them afterwards would be using servers that either
ignored the cancel request or haven't gotten it yet.

Your suspicions are reasonable, though I don't know the technical details on how
it is done.

[Rick Brandt]

"Rick Brandt" > wrote in message
m...
>
> Usenet posts can be cancelled. Usually this is done by the poster, but not
> always. Not all servers honor cancellation requests so if "someone" is
> canceling your posts who sees them afterwards would be using servers that
> either ignored the cancel request or haven't gotten it yet.
>
> Your suspicions are reasonable, though I don't know the technical details on
> how it is done.

Also see...

http://home.att.net/~marjie1/Cancels.htm

[Matt Ion]

MOSFET wrote:
> Obviously if you can read this, there is no problem, but apparently some
> people cannot.
>
> Again, if anyone knows why some people can read the text of my messages and
> others cannot I would REALLY like to know. I use MS Outlook Express as my
> newsreader. I recently (about two weeks ago) had a COMPLETE system crash
> and had to re-install Windows XP. This appears to be when the problems
> started.
>
> I guess it's also relevant to know that I had a MONSTER feud going with
> another user (Captain Howdy) who seems to know a thing or two about
> computers, probably much more than I do (but NOT about car audio; sorry, I
> just had to put in that little jab). He did some pretty outrageous things
> like putting my car up for sale on a car-sales site (can you believe that?)
> and I can DEFINITELY imagine that this MAY have something to do with him (of
> course, it may not). So I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to
> sabotage my posts in this way.
>
> Any info would be helpful. Thank you,

You're being paranoid. Your posts all come up fine for me. About the only
thing Howdy MIGHT be able to do is send out cancel messages, which would cause
the messages to be deleted from compliant newsservers, but if that happened, I
wouldn't be seeing them either.

I think a more pertinent question would be, what ISP or newsserver are the
affected persons using? THAT is more likely where the problem lies.

[MOSFET]

Thanks for the info Matt.
Nick

"Matt Ion" > wrote in message
news:U%nIg.473229$iF6.233671@pd7tw2no...
> MOSFET wrote:
> > Obviously if you can read this, there is no problem, but apparently some
> > people cannot.
> >
> > Again, if anyone knows why some people can read the text of my messages
and
> > others cannot I would REALLY like to know. I use MS Outlook Express as
my
> > newsreader. I recently (about two weeks ago) had a COMPLETE system
crash
> > and had to re-install Windows XP. This appears to be when the problems
> > started.
> >
> > I guess it's also relevant to know that I had a MONSTER feud going with
> > another user (Captain Howdy) who seems to know a thing or two about
> > computers, probably much more than I do (but NOT about car audio; sorry,
I
> > just had to put in that little jab). He did some pretty outrageous
things
> > like putting my car up for sale on a car-sales site (can you believe
that?)
> > and I can DEFINITELY imagine that this MAY have something to do with him
(of
> > course, it may not). So I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to
> > sabotage my posts in this way.
> >
> > Any info would be helpful. Thank you,
>
> You're being paranoid. Your posts all come up fine for me. About the
only
> thing Howdy MIGHT be able to do is send out cancel messages, which would
cause
> the messages to be deleted from compliant newsservers, but if that
happened, I
> wouldn't be seeing them either.
>
> I think a more pertinent question would be, what ISP or newsserver are the
> affected persons using? THAT is more likely where the problem lies.

[PanHandler]

"MOSFET" > wrote in message
...
> Obviously if you can read this, there is no problem, but apparently some
> people cannot.
> Any info would be helpful.
>Thank you,
> MOSFET

Not much help Nick, but I'm not aware of missing any of your posts.
Joe Arnold