[Mailman-Users] Can you discard the entire pending queue for a list?

[Glenn Sieb]

Scott P. Miller said the following on 12/26/2005 2:12 PM:
> I have some lists which were "moderated" by my users where they 
> basically left the pending queue untouched (great moderation, eh?)
>
> I now have about 10 lists with anywhere between 100 and 400 pending 
> messages.  Clicking "discard" 4000 times doesn't appeal to me.
>
> I guess I could re-create the list under a new name, re-import the users 
> and delete the old one, but that seems the long way around.  what I need 
> is just a way to "discard all" on the pending messages.
>
> Is there an obvious way I am missing?  Any suggestions?
>
>   
"Discard all messages marked "Defer"" would do that...

Best,
--Glenn
(BTW: I find that generally such things happen, because the moderators
in question have no experience with Mailman and don't understand how
things work. I usually do a remote session with new moderators of lists
on my box, so they can see how the interface works, and how the
administrative functions work. I also give them copies of the PDFs
available on the list.org site.)

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