Can it be done? More specifically, suppose for list FOO-L, I have * Notebook= Yes,X1/300,Weekly,Private and I have a need to edit some portion of FOO-L LOG9303A (either the alteration or removal of an article). Does this do violence to FOO-L DBNAMES and/or FOO-L DBINDEX? Or can I just delete these latter files and LISTSERV will rebuild them? (What are these files for, anyway?) Never mind the ethics of such tamperings -- that's a separate issue. This is a technical query only. Neither a LDBASE search of LSTSRV-L archives nor a search of * MEMO nor a search of my LSTSRV-L NOTEBOOK turned up anything of any use. /b