>*+ IDA= USER@NODE comment
>*+ IDA= Owners
>
>Owners and Owners(LISTNAME) didn't work.
 
Well, it's Owner(listname), without 's'. I know, I know, I ought to document
all of this.
 
>Also, you can tell me otherwise, but it looks non-trivial to delete files
>from a filelist -- you have to delete the file first, then delete the
>entry in ... FILEID, then delete the entry in the filelist.
 
It is not mandatory to delete the FILEID entry. 80 bytes lost, but no side
effect unless you re-enter a definition for the same file at a later time.
 
>It's probably simple, but what are the commands to do that from the
>Postmaster/List Owner's/File Owner's userids?
 
1. LSVPUT fn ft (DELETE --> should delete the actual file.
 
2. TELL LISTSERV GET fileist (CTL, RECEIVE, XEDIT, remove the description.
 
3. LSVPUT filelist FILELIST (PUT
 
  Eric