If you were to delete the notebooks with a PUT operation, LISTSERV would take notice and then automatically reindex what's left. Otherwise I would say yes, delete the db* files when you prune them from outside of LISTSERV. They will then be rebuilt the next time someone tries to search the list's archives. Nathan At 09:57 AM 8/16/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I run a job once a month to remove old notebook files. Our default is to >keep two months active, but some lists have other settings. > >All my monthly task does is remove the expired notebook files and related >web files. I just noticed that the dbnames and dbindex files keep growing >and reference notebook files that are long gone. This has never caused a >problem, but I am going to change the monthly job to erase these files if >it erases any notebook files. >-- >Cheerfulness is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a >"carrier". > >Bill Verity - 814-865-4758 Fax: 814-863-7049 >215A Computer Building - Information Technology Services, Penn State >University >At the office - on my Mac, of course ;-)