J.Alfred Prufrock <Poet@your.svc> wrote:
>In article <eabd83554f4031d93e4f96db3d1a9d2e@dizum.com>
>Nomen Nescio <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote: 
>
>It should at least connect to the internet, if only briefly.
>If the file is unchanged, then it takes a fraction of a second
>to verify that the mix keys are unchanged since the last update.
>
>I suspect that, since it does well when you delete the mix keys, you
>are not detecting the connection that is actually occurring.
>
>What are you using to monitor your connection?  If you are using
>Zone Alarm, it will put the icon for JBN in the "recently accessed"
>box at the top, and you may be able to appreciate the connection
>in real time.
>
>J. A. Prufrock

Thanks for replying: if only it were that simple.... ;-)
After setting Zone Alarm to prevent JBN accessing the internet; 'Get CPunk
Keys' reported an error;
'Get Mix Keys'  simply reported no keys as being updated or added, as per
its usual response; i.e. it wasn't accessing the internet.

In the end I realised I had put in 'Stats Config' the URLs for the
type2.list and the pubring.mix  on two separate lines rather than on one
separated by a semi-colon. Since I was ticking both boxes for the download
it hadn't occurred to me that it would matter..........  Ooops!!

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