SP> Debian squeeze (testing).  The system was last updated just a few days
 SP> ago, and gets updated regularly, but this problem has been around for
 SP> a few months now.  A number of other applications including all the
 SP> DOS emulation stuff used to run the BBS is working fine, as is IREX
 SP> as long as I don't try to use -daemon.

If you are getting the dreaded "11" error, then that, from what I
can remember, is caused by the way newer kernels handle DNS lookups. 
However, I know someone here in the echo will most likely correct me on
that point :)

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