ml>> NR mode was set by my recent addition of the defnode
 ml>> setting in binkd...

 PK> Interesting... The docs I read said that NR mode was better
 PK> enabled for "ad-hoc" connections, so it was set to NR for
 PK> defnode anyway.

that's how i'm set here, too...

 PK> I have removed it now, to see how it goes next time.

'k...

 PK> Oh, the connection was found using * for the DNS
 PK> name.......;-)

yes, that's a recent addition... hasn't been in place but only a week or
two >

 ml>> one thing that i've discovered that that has led to is
 ml>> that i must define all the fidonet addresses of those
 ml>> nodes connecting to me... at least, it appears that
 ml>> way, so far... two other systems could not connect due
 ml>> to their presentation of all fidonet akas instead of
 ml>> just the one we use between us... i have to wait on the
 ml>> others to connect and see what happens with them...
 ml>> several are flying akas in other networks...

 PK> I remember seeing something about problems with AKA's and
 PK> BinkD but I can't remember the detail, because its never
 PK> restricted my operation (as far as I know). I am still using
 PK> the older 0.93h that I have been using for years. I have 0.94
 PK> here so I must upgrade (one day).....;-).

i think that 0.9.4 is what i'm running, as well...

)\/(ark