At 18:46 01/03/2003 Friday, Ben Parker wrote:
 >So, I would defeat such unwanted helpfulness by doing
 >
 >// quiet set prob topics: -all +Civil-Rights for ,
 >[log in to unmask] PW=mypass

Some other alternatives:

1) use appropriate wild-card notation

2) use LISTSERV's WEB interface

http://list-host/cgi-bin/wa?ACTED1=listname&b=0