The asterisk is a generic wildcard symbol, it works regardless of who submits the command. The effects of a wildcard will be subject to authority level, though. For example: quiet del * * will take effect only for addresses in lists where the submitter has authority. A list owner could use it to delete everyone (including their self, if subscribed) from every list they are owner of - not from all lists on the system. But a site administrator must be exceptionally cautious. The list owner can do this via the web interface or via email. There's a help page about this here: https://answers.syr.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=918494 On 10/20/2016 2:42 PM, F J Kelley wrote: > I have been asked if the Listserver can automatically update the list membership. We in fact do have lists whose membership is rebuilt every night on the basis of (Perl/bash) scripts. We would not give that access to anyone outside the organization. > > However, > > CJLI sent in mail could do this -- the organization that wants it done would have to generate the file and send it as mail: > charset utf-8 > // job,pw=<listserv-pw> > quiet add<listname> address1 > quiet add<listname> address2 > ... > quiet add<listname> addressN > // eoj > > However, all the current members of the list would have to be removed before the update. Which is doable in "bulk operations" via the web interface, but that cannot be scripted. I cannot seem to find this, but can a list owner (not site mgr) send a command like > quiet delh<listname> * > > Of course, I'm probably overlooking something. > Thanks, > --Joe > > (I seem to recall the * is pretty much the preserve of the mgr, > ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTOWN-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTOWN-L&A=1