>>  I do believe that ListServ postmasters should be able to
>>make a global delete command, since we are the ones that get the
>>errors when a user doesn't exist.
>
>What is a LISTSERV postmaster? LISTSERV@A does not know the postmasters
>of LISTSERV@B, nor should it have to.
 
No, but LISTSERV@B should know its own postmasters, and LISTSERV@A
could trust LISTSERV@B if it flags the request as coming from a valid
postmaster at B.  Surely LISTSERV@A trusts LISTSERV@B for some flags
or commands now, or am I mistaken?
 
>>  Maybe it could be changed so ListServ PostMasters could only
>>delete the users on their site, or maybe delete only the
>>users that don't exist.
>
>LISTSERV postmasters can already delete users from their site. How can
>LISTSERV@A know that X@B exists or does not exist???
 
It can know if it can trust LISTSERV@B to tell it.  Certainly LISTSERV@B
can tell at least if it could spool to user X (which may not be
conclusive, but might be a sufficient test if a test is necessary).
 
Obviously, none of this works if there is no LISTSERV@B, but then there
would be no LISTSERV postmaster at B.
 
>  Eric
--Mark