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LISTSERV / Remove subscriber(s) from a list
LISTSERV / Remove subscriber(s) from a list
Objective
To provide instruction on removing a single subscriber to a LISTSERV list that you manage via the web or email
To provide instruction on removing multiple subscribers to a LISTSERV list that I manage via the web or email
Environment
10283: LISTSERV
Resolution
Remove a single subscriber via the web interface
To access your list,
go to Miami's LISTSERV web site
From
the navigation menu on the left side of the screen, c
lick
Manage a List
If prompted, log in to the list using the email address with which you are subscribed and your LISTSERV password
Your LISTSERV password is
not
your MUnet password. If you don't have a LISTSERV password or don't remember it,
learn how to register a LISTSERV password on the web
When the List Management dashboard appears, click the
Self Only
link in the
Search Options
section
Look in the
Dashboard for UniqueID@miamioh.edu
section of your web interface for the table listing the distribution lists you manage
In the left column of the table, click the appropriate list name. The
Listname Home Page
appears
From the toolbar at the top of the page, click the
List Management
drop-down and select
Subscribers Management
In the box under
Examine or delete a subscription
, enter part of the person's name or email address or UniqueID
Click
Search in listname
If more than one subscriber matches your search, you will see a
Select a subscriber
screen
Click on the subscriber you wish to remove; you may have to scroll in the small text box to locate the subscriber
LISTSERV will send a notification to users who are removed from a list
If you want to suppress the notification, click the
Do not notify the user in any way
radio button
Click
Delete
to remove this subscriber from the list.
Remove a single subscriber via email
Open your email application and create a new plain-text email message
Make sure the
From:
address reflects the email address on which you are listed as an owner of the desired list
In the
To:
field, enter
listserv@listserv.miamioh.edu
In the main message body, enter
delete listname emailaddress
listname
is the 32-character or less name (the part of the list address before @listserv.MiamiOH.edu)
emailaddress
is the email address of the person you are removing from the list
LISTSERV will send a notification to users who are removed from a list
If you want to suppress the notification, enter the word
quiet
(without quotes) before the one-line delete command shown above
It should read
quiet delete listname emailaddress
Send the message
Remove multiple subscribers using the web interface
Prepare text file and access list: You must create the text file on a Windows machine or on a Macintosh with a program that can save Windows line-feeds
Your text file must include all email addresses to be deleted from the list, one per line, as shown:
alphaaa@MiamiOH.edu
bravobb@MiamiOH.edu
charlicc@MiamiOH.edu
Go to Miami's LISTSERV web site
Click the
Manage a List
link in the navigation bar on the left side of the screen
If prompted, log in to the list using the email address with which you are subscribed to the list and your LISTSERV password
The LISTSERV password is NOT necessarily your MUnet password
On the List Management Dashboard, click the
(Self Only)
link in the
Search Options
section of the dashboard to see only the lists that you own
In the
Dashboard for UniqueID@MiamiOH.edu
section, you will see a table containing the distribution lists you manage
In the left column of your table, click the appropriate list name
From the toolbar at the top of the Listname Home page, click the
List Management
drop-down and select
Subscribers Management
On the Subscribers Management page, click the
Bulk Operations
tab
Be sure that the third radio button,
Remove the imported addresses from listname; do not add any subscribers
, is selected
Click
Browse
and locate the text file containing your list of email addresses
Click
Submit
This method will not send a notification to the subscribers you are removing
If there are errors in the file, they will be displayed on the next page, along with a summary of how many subscribers were removed
If the next page says
DELETE: one subscriber removed and your file contained more than one subscriber,
it is possible you sent a Macintosh-formatted file. In this case, try again using the email instructions below
Remove a list of subscribers using email
Open your email application and create a new plain-text email message
Make sure the
FROM
address reflects the email address with which you are listed as an owner of the desired list
In the
TO
field, enter
LISTSERV@listserv.MiamiOH.edu
In the main message body, enter the following:
DELETE listname DD=MYDD1
//MYDD1 DD *
emailaddress
emailaddress
emailaddress
/*
listname
is the 32-character-or-less name of the list (the part of the list address before @listserv.MiamiOH.edu)
emailaddress
is the email address of the person you are deleting from the list
Notes
LISTSERV will send a notification to users who are removed from a list. If you wish to suppress the notification, add the word
quiet
before the delete command shown above
The first line of your email message should then read
QUIET DELETE listname DD=MYDD1
Send the message. In a few minutes, you will receive a summary response from LISTSERV. If you receive errors, verify that the first, second, and last lines in your email message appear exactly as shown above, with the exception of replacing
listname
with the name of the list you are managing
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Article ID:
6539
Created
Thu 6/4/15 10:31 AM
Modified
Mon 2/8/21 1:13 PM
Can you resolve this issue yourself?
Yes! This is self-service with a smile.
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