>> You should drop the uneeded paths.  The listen entries will be  
>> reshaped
>> accordingly.
>
> I mirror Brad's sentiment.
>
> If you drop unnecessary paths (e.g. - run DROP PATH), *that* is the
> better way to reduce the number of listen entries.

Thanks for the tip!  All the machines in my cluster are breathing  
easier now--lower network traffic and less load on CPUs...

--Richard