On 10 Jun 97 at 17:17, Les wrote:

> What is the purpose of this command?  Is it possible for the list owner
> to review those messages which are being held and allow them to be
> selectively processed?  Or is this a command which has value to the site
> maintainer, but not to the list owner?

   HOLD listname -- holds a list preventing new postings from being
processed until a FREE command is sent.  You will not, as a list owner, be
able to review those posts being held.  It is usually used by a Site
Maintainer during transitions of lists from one server to another (for
example).

Larry

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