But couldn't you set the lists temporarily so that confirmation of
commands is not necessary, then do teh bulk deletes, then reset
confirmation?


Michael Sanders writes:
>
> Perhaps this is the problem....
>
> I have done bulk deletes in 1.8c, but it seems (for me at least) you have to
> use the list password, not your personal password.
>
> for example, I can do this....
>
> //job pw=TheListPassword
> delete listname1 [log in to unmask]
> delete listname1 [log in to unmask]
> delete listname1 [log in to unmask]
> //eoj
>
> Individual confirmations are not required.
>
> But.... if I do exactly the same job, but instead use my personal password,
> I have to confirm each one. I have reset and re-added my personal password
> to make sure I used the correct one, but same behaviour.
>
> If anyone can explain this, I would be interested to hear...
>
> cheers,
>
> Michael.
>


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