I wrote:
 
>> I'm a new LISTSERV owner/maintainer, and here is what I hope is a simple
>> question: how do I delete lists?
 
At 11:19 AM 1/15/96, Siberia wrote:
>The information you seek is in the document Listserv Tips at:
>
>http://cspot11spot1.it.iupui.edu/listserv_tips.html
 
I looked at the "LISTSERV Tips" at that URL, and found these instructions
for deleting a list:
 
>4.4 Deleting Lists
>
>     When you are ready to delete a list, both the List Owner and the LISTSERV
>       Postmaster have responsibilities. List Owners should:
>
>     1.make the decision to delete the list
>     2.inform any existing subscribers of the situation
>     3.archive any material they wish to keep (files and logs - see below)
>     4.Notify the LISTSERV Postmaster and/or the system administrator
>
>       The LISTSERV Postmaster will then:
>
>      1.Erase the list by typing:
>                    TELL LISTSERV CMS ERASE listname LIST
>      2.Have the system administrator delete the user ID for the list.
>      3.Erase the associated files (archives, cache, FILELIST, etc.) by typing:
>                TELL LISTSERV CMS ERASE filename filetype
>          for each file.
>      4.If you had a dedicated minidisk for the list archives, you may want to
>              remove that minidisk from the LOCAL SYSVARS "mdisk" list and
>              remove it from LISTSERV. Check with your systems administrator.
 
I did steps 1-3 as List Owner, then notified the LISTSERV Postmaster
(myself) and tried step 1, although as I'm using LISTSERV under VMS I sent
the command as a mail message.
 
I got the following reply:
 
>> erase psci-120.list
>Unknown command - "ERASE". Try HELP.
 
What next?
 
 
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