Thanks for these prompt responses! So far, the lists have been locked do to the GET command. What,exactly, does the SERVE out command do? -----Original Message----- From: Mitch Rerek [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Automatic locking of lists Your right. I only just learned of those options but didn't think of them when I wrote. Live and Learn By the way do you know how I can get a private confidential list web accessible but only to the lists subscribers. I am in the midst of a huge list migration and I have dozens of users screaming at me this morning. Any help would be welcome. Mitch >>> [log in to unmask] 06/12/02 10:17:02 AM >>> Good Advice BUT perhaps due to the newbie question, maybe the questioner could have meant SERVE out (for a subscriber) or HOLD for a list since there was some implication having to do with subscriber actions. Just a thought. /Pete At 09:55 06/12/2002 Wednesday, Mitch Rerek wrote: >Doing a GET command (vanilla - like GET My_LIST) will lock a list. > >To unlock a list send >UNLOCK My_List command > >To GET a list without locking it send >GET My_List (nolock > >To find out if a list is locked issue the GET command, if it has been >locked by the owner (I'm assuming you are an administrator) you get a >response telling that the list is locked with the name of the person who >locked it. > >Hope this helps. >I'm a newbie too! > > >Mitch Rerek >Senior Information Technology Consultant >OIT Customer Support >West Virginia University >[log in to unmask] >(304) 293-4444 ext 2256 > > > >>>> [log in to unmask] 06/12/02 9:48:37 AM >>> >Hi everybody! Being relatively new to listserv administration, I have a >couple questions regarding the locking of a list. How, exactly, does a >list get locked? Presumably, it would be from sending a certain number >of wrong commands to the list, or possibly from a non-listowner >attempting to send commands to the list. Is it possbile to find out if a >list is locked, other than sending a command to it and the command being >rejected by an email stating "the xxxx-l list is locked"? >Please let me have any suggestions! >Thanks >Ben End Reply