Delete via Lyris Web Interface (Preferred Method)

Only list administrators may delete (also called remove or unsubscribe) members other than themselves from an e‑list.

This method will delete all members except those who have administrative rights.

1. Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface.
   - How do I log in?
   - Take me to the login page.
2. On the left, click Members.
3. Select View Members. (NOT Delete Members)
4. From the dropdown list, choose Show: all members, all types.
5. Click Delete All Results.
6. Check to make sure there IS a check next to Don’t delete list administrators. You do not want to delete the list admins. There needs to be a check here.
7. Click Delete.

Delete via Email Commands

Only list administrators may delete (also called remove or unsubscribe) members other than themselves from an e-list.

This method will delete all members except those who have administrative rights.

Send an email message to

listname-request@cornell.edu

where listname is the name of the list including the hyphen and the letter L at the end of the list name.

Your message needs three lines of text, based on the following syntax:

login password
delete all quiet
end

where password is your password as administrator of the e-list.

The “quiet” parameter is optional.

• If you include it, your list members will not be told that they’ve been removed from the list.
• If you leave it off, every member will receive a message telling them that they have been removed from your list.

Here’s an example:

For a few days or weeks after issuing the delete all command, the former members will still appear on membership lists with the status unsub. They will not receive any posts to the list, and Lyris’s internal processes will remove them within two weeks.