This was another "feature" of the 3.X operating system.
I even noticed on occasion that the netserver exceeded the parameters I put in.
It has not done that with version 4.X
It seems the machine wants to go to the top of the list and *then* start over.
Danny... most of these things are covered in the news://totalserver.usr.com
news server.
You can get the archives there. I would venture most on this NT list aren't
interested in the topic.
David Payer