Connecting was the problem. The old server list, stored in a text file named server.met , was a graveyard. IP addresses resolved to nothing. Domain names were scooped up by squatters selling replica watches. Leo scrolled through the list: Razorback 2.0, DonkeyServer No1, Byte Devils. Ghosts.

To automate this, go to > Server and check Auto-update server list at startup . Click the List... button and paste the URL into the addresses.dat file that opens.