It was an error message that * was an unknown command or its parameter was incorrect I think, dep.on where I moved the space. I see from what someone else said, that perhaps my use of "delete", rather than "del" may have been the real problem. Why can't people write error messages that mean something? *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/12/00 at Jacob Haller wrote: ::>To that guy who found all those commercial subscriptions and did a ::>command ::>quiet delete * <email address>. I tried several versions of that ::>command and cannot get a proper acknowlegement. I think the ::>problem is in the spacing of the * ? :: ::Are you getting a response that seems to be an error message of some ::kind, or are you not getting a response at all? In the former case ::what response are you getting back? :: ::Thanks, ::-- ::Jacob Haller, Technical Support ::L-Soft international, Inc ::http://www.lsoft.com/ Muriel Hykes aka Dr. Mom Nutritional Consultant specializing in Nutraceuticals. www.geocities.com/muriel_drmom