On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:50:29 EST, "Margaret J. Brandt" <[log in to unmask]>  said:

> A listowner approved a message to the list and does not want it sent.

A baseball bat is *so* tempting right here. ;)

> What do they do?  Since I was not readily available, they pulled
> the network cord out of the UNIX box so the mail would not go out.

Have you in fact checked that the message didn't go out?  Our Listserv box
can usually get the message, process it, and get 95% of the copies
delivered to recipients in 30-45 seconds after the user hits 'send'.

Train your users that 'send' is NOT recoverable. ;)

> Where is this message hiding so I can kill it.  There after I will
> kill the listowner....because now all lists have stopped mailing and
> I cannot telnet to the box, but had to come in person to the console,
> from my deathbed.

By this point, Listserv has certainly processed it.  Look in /var/spool/mqueue
or wherever your Sendmail/LSMTP/whatever stores the outbound mail.

Good luck.
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech