The 8 dot 3 filename creation is definitely turned off, and we are in the process of switching this particular list over to weekly or monthly archives. I believe that the reindexing getting hung led to other problems with the system and eventually resulted in LSMTP being completely unable to mail out to mailing lists. A problem we resolved by reinstalling LSMTP but the real cause is still something of a mystery. Thanks again for your help. Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Brindle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 14 July 1999 14:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: New installation of Listserv (non-backbone) On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 07:38:05 +0100 Name Unknown said: >Okay, thanks for the help on the advanced configuration. >As for the memory usage it is the "lsv" process which is eating up to 50 or >60 Mb of memory. It appears to be doing this when reindexing one particular >archive. The archive in question is setup for a separate archive per >posting, and there are 1800 or so archive files already present in that >directory. If we changed this archive to monthly do you think that would >help ?. Possibly. We don't really recommend using separate archives to begin with unless there is a really pressing need for it. Another thing you may want to check is if you have 8-dot-3 filename creation turned off in NT (see the NT install guide for details). Under the NTFS file system if you have more than a couple hundred files in a given directory, I/O in that directory slows to a crawl unless 8-dot-3 names are disabled. >help ?. In your message you said that the system reindexing lists everytime >it receives a posting, is there anyway this can be changed to do all the >reindexing say once per day. No. Nathan