The asterisk is a generic wildcard symbol, it works regardless of who
submits the command.

The effects of a wildcard will be subject to authority level, though.

For example:
  quiet del * *
will take effect only for addresses in lists where the submitter has
authority. A list owner could use it to delete everyone (including their
self, if subscribed) from every list they are owner of - not from all
lists on the system.  But a site administrator must be exceptionally
cautious.

The list owner can do this via the web interface or via email.

There's a help page about this here:
https://answers.syr.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=918494



On 10/20/2016 2:42 PM, F J Kelley wrote:
> I have been asked if the Listserver can automatically update the list membership.  We in fact do have lists whose membership is rebuilt every night on the basis of (Perl/bash) scripts.  We would not give that access to anyone outside the organization.
>
> However,
>
> CJLI sent in mail could do this -- the organization that wants it done would have to generate the file and send it as mail:
> charset utf-8
> //   job,pw=<listserv-pw>
> quiet add<listname>  address1
> quiet add<listname>  address2
> ...
> quiet add<listname>  addressN
> //   eoj
>
> However, all the current members of the list would have to be removed before the update.  Which is doable in "bulk operations" via the web interface, but that cannot be scripted.  I cannot seem to find this, but can a list owner (not site mgr) send a command like
> quiet delh<listname>  *
>
> Of course, I'm probably overlooking something.
> Thanks,
> --Joe
>
> (I seem to recall the * is pretty much the preserve of the mgr,
>

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