Can VAX administrators use netwide DELETE? You bet they can!
 
>1. Your TECHREP has  no special privilege as far as  SIGNOFF and FOR are
>   concerned.
 
This bullet is outdated. TECHREP and INFOREP now have the same privileges
as NAD's >>> ON RELEASE 1.6e SERVERS <<<
 
This means  that your request  will be honoured  by the vast  majority of
servers in the  US and Canada, and  by 1/3 of the EARN  servers. You will
get a  nastygram from 2/3  of the EARN  servers (with your  request being
rejected) if  you do not send  from the NAD  account. So, if you  have no
defined NAD  or if the NAD  is in vacations  and you're getting a  lot of
mail to expired accounts it may be a good idea to send a request from the
INFOREP or  TECHREP account, but  be sure to understand  the consequences
before you do so.
 
>3.  FOR userid  SIGNOFF *  (NETWIDE  is not  the  proper way  to do  it,
>   especially if you have 200 users to sign off. If you want to saturate
>   the lines, do issue 200 SIGNOFF * (NETWIDE commands.
 
This paragraph is also outdated, it  should read "If you want to saturate
the lines, issue  1,000 SIGNOFF * (NETWIDE commands as  the St-Gallen VAX
administrators did a couple weeks ago" :-)
 
  Eric