Once an OK code gets an OK response, it no longer exists - and whatever was waiting for it most likely also is already gone by the time you realize the mistake. Unless your list host site is very very busy, or some other criteria (such as "new subscriber/spam delay" applied to that message, it was already distributed to the outgoing MTA before your HOLD command reached the server (unless you had the list in HOLD status before issuing the OK on the spam). Check the list archive to see if it did go through - if it was from a non-subscriber address, it may have been rejected. There is a CANCEL option to the OK command that can be used to discard the "ok code" and whatever is waiting for it, but that only works if the code has not yet been given an OK response. Your host site administrator might be able to intervene IF the list was already in HOLD status prior to your OK response on the spam item; in that case, the site administrator can find the pending job item in the LISTSERV queue and delete that. >>> [log in to unmask] 5/23/2007 12:19:39 PM >>> Hello, As list moderator I accidentally okay'd a spam message (that doesn't have the nicest language). In the meantime I did the "hold" command so the message won't go thru and am thumbing thru an online manual. Does anyone know how to cancel the okay command? I tried: CANCEL OK 186A92C6 (that's the confirmation code) - but I receive the "The confirmation code 186A92C6 does not correspond to any pending command". Does anyone have any insight - thanks so much in advance. Christel