> In my case, I want to delete old archives from a group of about 240
> lists and then wave a wand and have the server rebuild the ind files for
> all 240 lists.  I tried restarting the server after deleting the ind files
> on a single test case and Listserv didn't detect the missing ind files,
> contrary to my probable misinterpretation of section 5.4.8.  I seem to
> recall that the trigger I'm looking for is deleting the list.html files
> in the ind parent dir, but would like some reassurance before I actually
> whack 240 lists.  Thanks.

Yes, you also have to delete the listname.html files. If they are present, LISTSERV will not go look at hundreds of weekly indexes multiplied by thousands of lists just in case someone deleted them; it will assume that they are fine. Deleting the listname.html file is a trigger to tell LISTSERV to make sure the indexes are there.

  Eric

PS: It would not hurt to defragment before you do this, especially if the volume was near-full when you deleted the old archives.