On Tue Nov 24, 1998, Craig Ford wrote in a message to David Nyquist:

 CF> It is a known (and mostly cosmetic) problem. BTW, check your logs
 CF> closely, you'll see that it doesn't happen all of the time
 CF> (especially not with other systems running Binkleyterm).

Well it happens all the time on outgoing connects.  Here is a snippet of a
system that's running Intermail.

: 25 Nov 00:58:17.10 BINK Dialing 532-4367 (199:1/1 -- MILKY WAY)
  25 Nov 00:58:40.39 BINK 'CONNECT 26400/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS'
: 25 Nov 00:58:41.43 BINK LocMOH: 697b
* 25 Nov 00:58:43.70 BINK Password-protected session.
* 25 Nov 00:58:43.97 BINK System: Milky Way (199:1/1)
  25 Nov 00:58:43.97 BINK Aka   : 199:1/0 1:153/307 9:99/9 
* 25 Nov 00:58:43.97 BINK Uses  : InterMail 2.50.ML/7B-306-145716
: 25 Nov 00:58:43.03 BINK Sysop : Gordon Lewicky from Langley, B.C.
  25 Nov 00:58:43.03 BINK Flags : CM,XA,V32b,V42b,HST
  25 Nov 00:58:43.03 BINK Phone : 604-532-4367
: 25 Nov 00:58:43.08 BINK RemTim: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:56:05 -0800
: 25 Nov 00:58:43.08 BINK LocTim: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:58:41 +0000
: 25 Nov 00:58:43.14 BINK UTCdif: +28644
: 25 Nov 00:58:44.07 BINK Session method: ZedZap
+ 25 Nov 00:58:45.17 BINK CPS: 565 (464 bytes)  Efficiency: 17%
+ 25 Nov 00:58:45.17 BINK Sent-Z/32 H:\GAMES\BRE\OUTBOUND\199B0201.129
  25 Nov 00:58:45.22 BINK File H:\GAMES\BRE\OUTBOUND\199B0201.129 deleted.
+ 25 Nov 00:58:46.72 BINK CPS: 529 (233 bytes)  Efficiency: 16%
+ 25 Nov 00:58:46.72 BINK Sent-Z/32 H:\binkley\outbound.0c7\009803be.we0
  25 Nov 00:58:46.83 BINK File H:\binkley\outbound.0c7\009803be.we0 truncated.
* 25 Nov 00:59:03.80 BINK Lost Carrier.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* 25 Nov 00:59:06.87 BINK End of WaZOO/EMSI Session.
  25 Nov 00:59:07.52 BINK Received: 0/0K Sent: 2/1K Total: 2/1K CPS: 23
* 25 Nov 00:59:08.52 BINK Seconds: 30  Tariff: 0  Fee: 0  RFee: 0  System: 199:1/1

As you said it is a cosmetical problem.  There is no serious problems taking
place.  I just thought I would bring it out in the open for the XE team to fix.

Cheers,
David Nyquist
 
---