On Tue, 16 Nov 1993 00:23:05 PST Keith Trimmer <[log in to unmask]> said: >(Actually, I can't swear to that - someone else would have to verify - >it may depend upon retrieval attempts which cause listserv to rebuild >the index - but on the one list I 'own' the problems with retrieval have >never continued past the first day, after which the database and 'index >messages' were back in sync.) Updating the logs with a PUT command rebuilds the index right away (or schedules it for rebuild the next time it is needed, with the same effect). So in principle new indexes are not affected, however the index sent the day before (ie before the logs were edited) will no longer have the correct numbers, and since it's already out there is nothing that can be done about it. The only working solution is to have permanent numbers for the messages. If the LISTSERV manager updates the logs directly with XEDIT and does not refresh the index, you get a big mess and all sorts of incorrect numbers can be reported until the index is refreshed. Eric