JD> Well, I'm at a loss to explain why MTelnet reports that it has JD> disconnected from Lionsden.darktech.org. That URL is not even JD> mentioned in the config. Instead I have the IP number. Weird
No, that's reverse DNS, which is a separate (PTR) record for your IP address, that translates an IP address into a hostname. Normally, your ISP will manage that record. Again, perfectly normal. This wouldn't have changed since it was originally setup, so doesn't explain the delay you were talking about.
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