On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:23:17 -0400 Listserv Manager said:
>
>I am sorely tempted to edit the files (delete unwanted entries), but
>you're right, it's absolutely not recommended. And I don't understand
>enough of the guts to get the sequence of events right (rehashing etc.)

You should only need to rehash if you change the number of signup files.

>For example, the deletes I sent via REGISTER ... OFF last night aren't yet
>reflected in the SIGNUP files (which have today's time stamps) although if
>I attempt to delete them again, they aren't there. So I presume this stuff
>is cached in memory, but I have no idea when the files will reflect the
>changes.

Look farther down in the SIGNUP file.  There should be an entry
with the userid@nodeid and a blank name.

/ahw