I should make the point that you could put several UNLOCK commands into an OK block: OK BEGIN UNLOCK listname UNLOCK listname2 UNLOCK listname3 OK END and only have to send a single "OK" (or click the link LISTSERV sends you) to execute all the commands inside the block. I think that is what you are looking for. It would have to be sent via email though, and you'd either have to be a POSTMASTER or the owner of all the lists you're trying to unlock for it to work. Nathan From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nathan Brindle Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 4:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Deal with locked lists in batch Send UNLOCK listname password to LISTSERV. Has to come from an email listed as a POSTMASTER, or from the email address of one of the list owners of the affected list. Unfortunately you have to do these one at a time, there's no wildcard allowed. Nathan From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Zhen Liu Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 4:20 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Deal with locked lists in batch It is locked list, not held... Thanks, Zhen -- Zhen Liu, CISA, CISM Office of Information Technology, Office: (574) 631-2982 [cid:image001.gif@01C8AAD0.36029EC0] From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nathan Brindle Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 4:17 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Deal with locked lists in batch Locked, or held? The only way a list can become "locked" is if you GET it (typically via email) without specifying the (NOLOCK switch. Contrariwise, lists can become "held" for a number of reasons. You'd have to look in the LISTSERV log for more specifics. Nathan From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Zhen Liu Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 3:48 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Deal with locked lists in batch Recently we have experienced an issue that some of our lists got locked without user interaction. Any idea what is the possible reason(s) the list can be locked? Are there any better ways to find out all the locked lists in the system? And unlock them in a batch mode rather than individually through the management interface? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Zhen -- Zhen Liu, CISA, CISM ICS Messaging & Voice Services Office of Information Technology, [cid:image001.gif@01C8AAD0.36029EC0] ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1