@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@
   ;;   1. sort by age descending
   ;;   2. take five
   ;;   3. check alive, discard if not and repeat
   (let* ((serversdat  (server:get-servers-info areapath))
 	 (servkeys    (hash-table-keys serversdat))
-	 (by-time-asc (if (not (null? servkeys))
+	 (by-time-asc (if (not (null? servkeys)) ;; NOTE: Oldest is last
 			  (sort servkeys ;; list of "host:port"
 				(lambda (a b)
 				  (>= (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat a) 2)
 				      (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat b) 2))))
 			  '())))
@@ -472,13 +472,15 @@
 	       (host       (list-ref oldest-dat 0))
 	       (all-valid  (filter (lambda (x)
 				     (equal? host (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat x) 0)))
 				   by-time-asc))
 	       (best-ten  (lambda ()
-			     (if (> (length all-valid) 10)
-				 (take all-valid 10)
-				 all-valid)))
+			     (if (> (length all-valid) 11)
+				 (take (drop-right all-valid 1) 10) ;; remove the oldest from consideration so it can age out
+				 (if (> (length all-valid) 8)
+				     (drop-right all-valid 1)
+				     all-valid))))
 	       (names->dats (lambda (names)
 			      (map (lambda (x)
 				     (hash-table-ref serversdat x))
 				   names)))
 	       (am-home?    (lambda ()
@@ -671,11 +673,11 @@
 (define (server:expiration-timeout)
   (let ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
     (if (and (string? tmo)
 	     (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)) ;; BUG: hms-string->seconds is broken, if given "10" returns 0. Also, it doesn't belong in this logic unless the string->number is changed below
         (* 3600 (string->number tmo))
-	60)))
+	600)))
 
 (define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
   (let ((res #f))
     (for-each 
      (lambda (adr)