Jon,
 
        Actually, tell is a valid command; however it is only a valid
command when you are sitting at the command prompt on some machine running
VM/CMS and the Listserv is on the same machine. I think you just happened
to grab one of the "leftovers" from when that was the only place people
were running Listservs.
 
        In the more modern era, send mail to listserv@wherever saying in
the body of the message.
 
quiet delete [log in to unmask] pw=yourpasword
 
                        Yours Truly,
                        Jeff Boulier
 
On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Jon Ayers wrote:
 
> Thanks for helping me take the blindes off so I could see :-)
>
> Yes, it is a subscriber who no longer has an account at that address.
> LISTSERV Tips tell me i can unsubscribe him by issuing a TELL LISTSERV QUIET
> DELETE
> command, but I got a reply that says TELL is not a valid command. Can you
> tell me how I can unsubscribe him?
>
> Thanks.......Jon Ayers
>