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               -I      INDEX [Options : C, R, U]

                       This  option  rebuilds   the   message  base
                       index files,  MSGIDX.BBS,  MSGTOIDX.BBS  and
                       MSGINFO.BBS. It also checks the integrity of
                       all  message  base  files and rebuilds other
                       information  as  necessary.  Errors  in  the
                       message base are logged.

                       During the  index  rebuild,  you  may choose
                       to  delete  messages  from  unknown  message
                       areas (those areas which  have no  entry  in
                       the name field)  and  messages  with message
                       board  numbers  outside  the valid  range of
                       1-200.

                       Under some circumstances RAMSG  may detect a
                       "sequence error" (when  numbers are  out  of
                       order).  Since   this   causes   significant
                       problems with  software  using  the  message
                       base,  RAMSG  considers  this  serious,  and
                       therefore   will   not  proceed   with   any
                       operation other than an index  rebuild until
                       this is corrected using the "R"  option,  to
                       force message base renumbering.

                       "Crosslinking"   of  message  text  is  also
                       considered a serious problem, and this  will
                       prevent  RAMSG  repacking  the message base.
                       Cross-linking  occurs  when  more  than  one
                       message references the  same section of text
                       in MSGTXT.BBS.

                       Following are some examples  of  what  an
                       index rebuild command might look like:

                       RAMSG -Icu

                       Rebuild indices,  kill  messages in  unknown
                       areas and crosslinked messages.

                       RAMSG -I

                       Rebuild index files only.