ml> start off very simple... have him set your areafix password to a single
ml> character and then try it... have him make sure there's not trailing
ml> spaces or other weirdness in the field...
ml> 
ml> which version of mystic are they running?

Running the very latest version of Mystic.  

I ended up getting it to work by manually editing the AREAFIX message on my
side and removing an empty space that was right after the password.

- Mark

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