ml> possibly... but you need to get your jamnntpd up to the 1.0 release code   
   ml> and get off that beta5...   
      
   I started out with the 1.0 code. That was the first thing not to work. So I   
   changed to the beta5 to see if there would be a difference, which there   
   wasn't.   
   ml> i just went looking to see what i had... seems that i downloaded the    
   ml> jamnntpd-1.0-os2.zip archive (229.1KB) but there is also a   
   ml> jamnntpd-1.0.zip archive available, (157.6KB) too... both have the same   
   ml> date of 2009 Jul 29 as do all the other archives at johan's mercurial   
   ml> repository located over at   
   ml> https://bitbucket.org/johanbilling/jamnntpd/downloads   
      
   That's the one I have here. So I'll go back, wipe my JAM echos and start   
   over with non-packed ones, and keep them that way. I was using the pack   
   command on the message bases well before I started tinkering with jamnntpd.   
      
   ml> looks like i might wanna grab a few more things from there... loganalyzer   
   ml> being one... checkgroups maybe being another... areasbbs2jamnntpd might   
   ml> be ok but i don't use areas.bbs files on my system...   
      
   Got those too. :)   
      
   ml> but anyway, you mentioned something about "non-programer" before...   
   ml> you're on linux, right? you can run make to compile programs you download   
   ml> as source? if yes, i'd grab that jamnntpd-1.0.zip archive from the above   
   ml> mercurial repository and compile it for use... it is the original code   
   ml> and will hopefully correct these problems you're running into... you need   
   ml> to get everything as stable as you can before any real troubleshooting   
   ml> can be done...   
      
   The non-programmer part was mentioned when you were speaking of differences   
   between FPC and C code. :)   
      
   Yes, I know how to compile programs. I just need a little time without the   
   kids hanging off my arms to sit down and get my hands dirty again. :)   
      
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