Thanks for the answer Mary, but Pete Weiss already suggested
that I change the slashes into asterisks (*). That worked just
fine!

-- Bruno

On maandag 11 augustus 1997 17:52, Mary Schweitzer
[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> Bruno Tersago wrote that he was having trouble deleting the
> following address from his list because of the slashes:
>
> >         > del nieuws [log in to unmask]
>
> First, check your list for other people at planetinternet.be
> If there are any, save their addresses somewhere temporarily.
>
> Then run:
>     quiet del niews *@planetinternet.be
>
> And then put the others back with a silent sub:
>     quiet add niews [log in to unmask]
>     quiet add niews [log in to unmask]
>
> etc.
>
> you might also send a private email to the weird address to
see
> if you
> get a human being - and if you do, explain that the address
> that he/she
> sent won't work on the listserv and ask if perhaps there is an
> alternate
> address that could be used.
>
> Mary Schweitzer