Delete (Unsubscribe)

The Delete command lets an administrator unsubscribe a member. You must issue the admin login command before using the Delete command.

The syntax for the Delete command is:

delete listname emailaddress [quiet]

The quiet modifier is optional. The abbreviation del may be used instead of the word Delete. For example:

del jazztalk bob@example.com

By default, the member unsubscribed receive the goodbye message for the list. To suppress this message, use the quiet modifier:

delete jazztalk bob@example.com quiet

However, if the Delete command does not succeed, such as if the email address is not a member, you (the person submitting the Delete command) are notified unless the message ends with end quiet.

The delete command does not actually delete the member from the database. The member is still part of the list, but is unsubscribed. They do not receive normal postings from the list.

Delete with Member ID

As an alternative to providing an email address, you can use the member id of the member you wish to delete.

For example, if you know member with id 1234 needs to be removed from the list, but you do not know that member's email address, you can use the member id without a problem. An example:

delete jazztalk 1234

You can specify any number of members to delete on the command line.

For example, to delete the users bob@example.com and jane@example.com, you would write:

delete jazztalk bob@example.com jane@example.com

or

delete jazztalk <
bob@example.com
jane@example.com
>

Delete from All Lists

To delete an address from all lists, replace the list name with an asterisk *.

Example:

delete * bob@example.com

You may use this syntax to delete multiple members from all lists on your server:

delete * bob@example.com jane@example.com

or

delete * <
bob@example.com
jane@example.com
>

Delete all members in a List

To unsubscribe all members (except admins) from a list, substitute "all" for the email address.

Example:

delete jazztalk all