I own several lists running under LISTSERV version 1.8a on VM. Sometimes a new list is "tested" before subscriptions are generally opened. Assuming that notebooks were turned on during the testing period, how could they be wiped out so that no one can retrieve either the notebooks (via GET) or the individual postings (via the database facility)? If this is something that a list owner can't do, what would the local LISTSERV postmaster have to do to accomplish this? Complicating things a bit more, assume that a list is current in service and an inappropriate message (e.g. an undetected spam) is posted. How could the list owner (or, if necessary, the local LISTSERV postmaster) do the following? 1. Prevent that message from appearing in the current digest (assuming the that no digest has been sent out since the inappropriate message was posted? 2. Prevent that message from appearing in the current index (assuming the that no index has been sent out since the inappropriate message was posted? 3. Remove that message from the notebook in which it appears? 4. Prevent that message from being found or retrieved through the database facility? /David M. Rosenberg [log in to unmask] 1-617-253-8054