No...the poster owns his posts (copyright) and the archives are a listing (like the minutes of a meeting) of what transpired on a list on any given day. The only person who can delete a post from the archives is the owner/poster...unless, of course, the posts violate RootsWeb's TOS. Joan In a message dated 8/4/2012 5:05:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vivm2007@woh.rr.com writes: I am the listowner of Blevins-Va and I was wondering if we can delete the posts of a previous subscriber once they leave the list. Or at any time? Vivian