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Bruce Dienes <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 22 Jun 1993 00:15:45 -0500
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>
>   Here is a cute one for which there MUST be precedent and a solution,
> but I am baffled by it.  The problem is to delete a user whose address
> is longer than the 80-col screen.  Listserv does not take this as a
> command, as it runs over more than one line.  I need to delete this
> guy but the command:
>
> delete slovak-l
> [log in to unmask]
> pw=xxxxx
>
> or
>
> delete slovak-l [log in to unmask]
> + NET
> pw=xxxxx
>
>   cannot be made to fit on one line.  I tried using underscores to
> link the password with the previous sentence, but all I have ever got
> with any permutation is:
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Unknown command - "[log in to unmask]
> UU.NET". Try HELP.
>
>  slovak-l
> Missing argument - specify at least 2.
>
>        or
>
> > [log in to unmask]
> Unknown command - "[log in to unmask]
> UU.NET". Try HELP.
>
> ------------------------------
>    What is the answer??  I also tried to juggle his name into a
> conventional internet address but that is not how he is subscribed and
> listserv balked at it.  Is this a problem for other owners?
>
Jan,
 
One way is to GET the list, delete the line with that subscriber, then
PUT the list back.
 
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