On Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:41:44 EDT, Ben Chi <[log in to unmask]> said:
>Probing this just a little deeper, is it necessary to instruct LISTSERV
>to delete <listname> DBNAMES and <listname> DBINDEX so as to force a new
>index to be built [...]
>        I have always done the delete,
 
As I understand it, it's not necessary.  LISTSERV will realize it's
stale on next access, and force the user to wait while it's rebuilt.
Or, you can issue the "DATABASE REFRESH listname" command to force
LISTSERV to rebuild immediately.
 
Bill
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