If it's gotten past the list delivery stage, and the email software has now picked up the process, there's really no way to stop the email from being sent other than stopping sendmail or the email software you're using. If you still have messages in the LISTSERV queue then just put a 'HOLD listname' on the list and remove the messages. -----Original Message----- From: Taeko Thompson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: stopping distribution One of out list owners sent out a same email, 5 times accidentally to a large mail list (the one we own). How can we stop distributing the email at middle of the process. Can we delete the original email somehow? thank you in advance. taeko