DELETE - erases a specified message from the board. You will be shown a directory of all the messages which you are allowed to delete, and you can opt to delete any of them by number. ARCHIVE - a privileged command which is used to maintain the boards. All messages posted before a given data are removed from the system and their space can be reclaimed for other messages. An option under this command allows you to store the deleted messages in a .ARCHIVE file for subsequent reuse. TOPIC - another privileged command which can be used to delete an entire topic and all the messages posted under it.