Changing to the bulk-logged recovery model will reduce the amount of tran log used if you use DBCC DBREINDEX, but not if you use DBCC INDEXDEFRAG. Be aware that although...

I'm just guessing here, but you might verify that the publishing server has a record in sysservers on the distributor SQL Server.

I tend to use the FAST option. Although it doesn't give me as much detail as not using it, I get all the information I need to determine whether an...