to get away for the subscriber getting a message add quite to the command eq: quiet del listname mailaddress Thanks Dee -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Parris [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: "Q * for somebody" rules You appear to be looking for the DELETE command . . . . DELete listname netaddress in section 4.1 of the LISTSERV 1.8d List Owners Manual. It doesn't produce the "so and so left the list" message but it does generate a logically equivalent "you have been deleted" message to both the subscriber in question and the owner of the affected list. >>> [log in to unmask] 03/14/01 02:51PM >>> LSOFT folks, thanks for all the tips, feedback, and help you've given through this mailing list, it's helped me get a lot more out of listserv. Part of my job is manually processing emailed requests for list removal, from folks who can't figure out how to unsub themselves because their email address is different or they don't understand how listserv works. I like using the web interface to enter commands to look those people up and remove them. Currently, I'll do q * for [log in to unmask] to see what lists I'm on, then go into the subscribers function for that list and remove that person that way. Is there any way I can do that from the "command" prompt instead? I've tried noodling around with stuff like SIGNOFF * for [log in to unmask] and variations on that, doesn't seem to work. Have combed the manual and not come across something that might help. I could script a fake mail from that person and format it to look like a proper signoff command, but if they're not on the list in question, it'll send them an informational email, and I don't want to do that, because I'm trying to remove them for them, and I don't want to pelt them with "you're not listed!" emails, it'll make them mad. I like doing a signoff better than removing them from the subscriber window because a signoff will generate a "so and so left the list" message, which we archive for arcane reasons. Feedback welcome. Best, Al Iverson -- Al Iverson -- [log in to unmask] -- Minneapolis, Minnesota Support Jazz in Minnesota! -- http://www.mnjazz.com/ All opinions are mine alone unless I state otherwise.