Basically you need to HOLD your list, GET the digest, edit the post out,
replace the digest using a PUT command, and finally FREE the list.

I've sent the original poster the instructions via email so that he'll
actually have them before his digest is cut and distibuted. (Since
my posts are all moderated, I hoped to get the info to him in a
timely manner.)

Here are the instructions to remove a post from a digest before it is
issued:

Send listserv the command:
HOLD listname PW=your password

Then send listserv the command
GET listname DIGEST

When it returns the digest to you, edit out the post which was
accidentally put through to the list.

At the top of the edited digest type:
PUT listname DIGEST PW=yourpassword

You should get a message back from listserv immediately telling
you that the digest has been successfully put back.

After the digest has been successfully replaced, send listserv the
command:
FREE listname PW=yourpassword

You'll be back in business.

By the way, the message will still be in your archives, but it won't
go out with the digest. It will also be listed in the table of contents
at the beginning of the digest even though it's not there. I've never
heard of a way to delete it from the TOC.

There is a similar way to do the same thing with the archives logfile
which contains the post - if you feel you need to - and that's where
I suspect one could run into a problem.

maureen

> I found this:
> http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9809&L=lstown-l&P=R317&
> I=-3
>
> But the referenced link is dead.  :-(
>
> I am sure there is more discussion on this topic in the archive, but I
> couldn't read through every post to see if any had the actual execution
> details in the body of the message. I do know from reading this list for
> years that it can be tricky and can wreak havoc with the archive if not
> done with great care.
>
> Good luck, and I am sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>
> Shannon
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Shannon Ahern
> DevelopMentor
> www.develop.com
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DAY TWENTY
>
> Have crossed orcs with goblin men in caverns below Isengard. V. tedious
> experience as orcs and goblin men most reluctant to breed, even with
> dinner and flowers. Next time will try something easier, such as
> breeding goblins and cheerleaders to create super-perky army that can
> travel by day and will not complain about pink uniforms.
> -Saruman's Secret Diary
> http://www.home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Peters [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:00 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Want to pull an e-mail from a digest before it goes out.
>
>
> I looked in the manuals and the e-mails I have from this list and can't
> find an answer if it is there.
>
> I had a "brain burp" and OK'd a message that shouldn't have gone out.
> We
> have a digest list and I want to pull this message from the digest
> before
> It can be sent out and create more damage.  How do I do this? Or where
> do I
> look to find out?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Peters
> Lists Administrator
> New York State Department of Taxation and Finance