Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:18:07 -0700
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At 02:38 PM 6/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
> Today I decided to delete some outdated files from the WMST-L
>file collection. Since I hadn't done this in a while, I decided to
>check the instructions in the online listowners' manual for version 1.8c
>(which is the version we're running). In the web version I've bookmarked
>(revision 1, dated april 4, 1997), in section 8.6, it told me to send a
>message to listserv saying
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>PUT filename.extension PW=XXXXXXXX (DELETE
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> I did so, replacing the generic w/the specific info. Much to
>my surprise, I got back a message from listserv saying
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>Invalid redistribution specification: "(DELETE".
>
> Greetings
The parameters are PUT filename logname PW=xxxxxxxx
Dan
> I should add that I finally DID succeed in deleting the files by
>using the old procedure, but I'm curious as to why this (delete business
>didn't work as advertised.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Joan Korenman
>
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>* Joan Korenman [log in to unmask] *
>* U. of Md. Baltimore County *
>* Baltimore, MD 21250 http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/ *
>* *
>* The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe *
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