At 12:38 2-04-98 -0500, you wrote:
>     I posted a message to a list yesterday, and now people are responding
>     to the list, and a chain reaction is spreading like fire. I issued a
>     get list statement to stop this from happening, but it was determined
>     to finish the jobs it had stored first. I have shut down the listserv
>     server, but when I bring it up I'm afraid the subscribers will
>     continue to get mailed. What can I do to stop this????
>
Send next command to the listserv.

hold listname

This should stop sending messages.
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