Mel Pheasant wrote in a message to Jack Stein:
 MP> I'd presume the database message base packing operation
 MP> would be faster than a *.msg base renum, due to fewer OS
 MP> calls (ie. just have two or so files open the whole time).
 MP> Then again, there may be more processing going on. 
I guess, but how long does it take to open and close a file?  Seems pretty 
darn fast when I open and close them from any app I've ever written.  I'm not 
even sure how ORENUM does it anyway, but I'll bet opening and closing files 
is an insignificant amount of time in the renumbering process, but I'd be 
taking a wild guess there. Rebuilding the index would be the long part, 
wouldn't it?
 MP> I'd still prefer *.msg.
Me too, but I've never done anything else on a message base, so my opinion 
isn't worth a lot for sure.
                                              Jack 
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