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=== Q: How do I delete a message? ===
=== Q: How do I delete a message? ===
 
To delete a message from Google Groups, the user that controls the email the message was posted from must submit a request on the Google Groups website. A link is available when viewing the message on the Groups website.
'''Answer:''' To delete a message from Google Groups, the user that controls the email the message was posted from must submit a request on the Google Groups website. A link is available when viewing the message on the Groups website.


To remove a message from GigaNews and the Mozilla archive, please [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=mozilla.org&component=Discussion%20Forums file a bug in the Discussion Forums component] and include the relevant message information.
To remove a message from GigaNews and the Mozilla archive, please [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=mozilla.org&component=Discussion%20Forums file a bug in the Discussion Forums component] and include the relevant message information.


=== Q: Why don't you allow binary Attachments? ===
=== Q: Why don't you allow binary Attachments? ===
'''Answer''': The are dangerous because file extensions can lie, masking a malicious program as a benign binary file.
The are dangerous because file extensions can lie, masking a malicious program as a benign binary file.


=== Q: What is with the hierarchy (mozilla.'''dev.*''', '''qa.*''', '''reps.*''', '''support.*''')? ===
=== Q: What is with the hierarchy (mozilla.'''dev.*''', '''qa.*''', '''reps.*''', '''support.*''')? ===
'''Answer''': Different hierarchies are meant to direct the conversation around specific topics. Dev.* is for development discussion, while Support.* is for support questions from end users. This allows us to have separate conversations for different audiences (mozilla.dev.apps.firefox vs mozilla.support.firefox).
Different hierarchies are meant to direct the conversation around specific topics. Dev.* is for development discussion, while Support.* is for support questions from end users. This allows us to have separate conversations for different audiences (mozilla.dev.apps.firefox vs mozilla.support.firefox).


=== Q: Why don't you propogate NNTP? ===
=== Q: Why don't you propogate NNTP? ===
'''Answer''': Because Giganews.
Because Giganews.


=== Q: Should I mirror news.mozilla.org? ===
=== Q: Should I mirror news.mozilla.org? ===
'''Answer''': Probably not.
Probably not.
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