Thanks for the answer Mary, but Pete Weiss already suggested that I change the slashes into asterisks (*). That worked just fine! -- Bruno On maandag 11 augustus 1997 17:52, Mary Schweitzer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote: > Bruno Tersago wrote that he was having trouble deleting the > following address from his list because of the slashes: > > > > del nieuws [log in to unmask] > > First, check your list for other people at planetinternet.be > If there are any, save their addresses somewhere temporarily. > > Then run: > quiet del niews *@planetinternet.be > > And then put the others back with a silent sub: > quiet add niews [log in to unmask] > quiet add niews [log in to unmask] > > etc. > > you might also send a private email to the weird address to see > if you > get a human being - and if you do, explain that the address > that he/she > sent won't work on the listserv and ask if perhaps there is an > alternate > address that could be used. > > Mary Schweitzer