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The main program you should use for decreasing the size of the database is the ' | The main program you should use for decreasing the size of the database is the ' | ||
- | If you are very short of free disk space, then you can use the ' | + | If you are very short of free disk space, then you can use the ' |
=====Rebuilding Indexes===== | =====Rebuilding Indexes===== | ||
If you suspect that indexes have become damaged, then you can reindex the database. Again, this requires VPOP3 to be stopped first. | If you suspect that indexes have become damaged, then you can reindex the database. Again, this requires VPOP3 to be stopped first. | ||
- | Go to the VPOP3\pgsql\bin folder in a Windows command prompt. Then run **reindexdb -U vpop3**. The default password is **vpop3pass**. This operation may take a while, and require some free disk space. | + | Go to the VPOP3\pgsql\bin folder in a Windows command prompt. Then run **reindexdb -U vpop3 vpop3**. The default password is **vpop3pass**. This operation may take a while, and require some free disk space. |