diff --git a/CHANGESTODO b/CHANGESTODO
index 2d588e3..f0ce4b8 100644
--- a/CHANGESTODO
+++ b/CHANGESTODO
@@ -68,6 +68,29 @@ ________________________________________________________________________
 	tgX sagt: on reconnect i didn't get any _echo_place_enter_login's from this room, then no response for _request_do_enter, and after a _request_do_leave i get replies for enter/leave but instead of _echo_place_enter/leave i get _notice_place_enter/leave
 
 ? should /load inform that errors go to the console?
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+:_group psyc://psyced.org/@welcome
+:_source_identification psyc://xxx.no-ip.org/~xxx
+
+:_tag msg_406
+_request_do_message
+bug!
+.
+
+:_source_relay psyc://xxx.no-ip.org/~0
+:_context psyc://psyced.org/@welcome
+
+:_nick_place psyc://psyced.org/@welcome
+:_nick xxx
+:_time_INTERNAL 1245932297
+_message_echo_public
+bug!
+.
+
+In welcome spricht «psyc://xxx.no-ip.org/~0» xxx: the bug in the scratchpad. why psyced echoes packets to "~0" instead of my real account? the same thing is for echo_private
+In welcome spricht «psyc://xxx.no-ip.org/~0» xxx: it should either ignore first packet (if psyced is sure that i'm not authorized with password) or return echo to that account instead of misterious "0"
+
 ________________________________________________________________________
 == psyced 1.0 ==========================================================
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@@ -1537,6 +1560,10 @@ ________________________________________________________________________
 
 - place and v("place") aren't in sync (new changes for psyc clients)
 
+- when forwarding _message_echo_private from a remote server to a local
+  client, newlines get replaced by mere spaces. where does that happen
+  and how can it be avoided?
+
 + if newbie: directly show register dialog
   (lynx should add _status_unregistered or so)
 
diff --git a/world/net/psyc/edit.i b/world/net/psyc/edit.i
index 62c9bc5..5824241 100644
--- a/world/net/psyc/edit.i
+++ b/world/net/psyc/edit.i
@@ -177,19 +177,28 @@ static varargs string psyc_render(mixed source, string mc, mixed data,
 		data = data? to_string(data): "";
 #endif
 	}
-	else if (data == S_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER || (strlen(data) > 1 &&
+	else if (data == S_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER ||
+# ifdef SPYC
+		 // just some random limit that makes us prefer _length
+		 // over scanning data for illegal characters
+		  strlen(data) > 444 ||
+# endif         
+		 (strlen(data) > 1 &&
 		  data[0] == C_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER && data[1] == '\n')
 		    || strstr(data, "\n" S_GLYPH_PACKET_DELIMITER "\n") != -1) {
-		// this check shouldn't be necessary here: we should check what
-		// people are typing in usercmd
+		// we could check what people are typing in usercmd.. then
+		// again, "illegal" data may also come in from XMPP, and
+		// anything should be legal in PSYC.. so let's handle it here.
 # ifdef SPYC
 		needLen++;
 # else
+		// old psyc syntax has no clean solution to this problem,
+		// so we just censor the message. use the new syntax!
 		P1(("%O: %O tried to send %O via psyc. censored.\n",
 		    previous_object() || ME, vars["_nick"] || vars, data))
 		data = "*** censored message ***";
 		return 0;
-# endif         
+# endif
 # ifndef NEW_LINE
 	} else
 #  ifdef SPYC
diff --git a/world/net/sockets.c b/world/net/sockets.c
index 74cf3b0..9fb59e7 100644
--- a/world/net/sockets.c
+++ b/world/net/sockets.c
@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@ list_sockets(guy, flags) {
 #endif
 #if __EFUN_DEFINED__(tls_query_connection_info)
 			    tls ? intp(tls[TLS_PROT]) ?
-				 TLS_PROT_NAME(tls[TLS_PROT]) :
-			         tls[TLS_PROT] : "",
+				 TLS_PROT_NAME(tls[TLS_PROT]) ||
+				 to_string(tls[TLS_PROT]) : tls[TLS_PROT] : "",
 			    tls ? intp(tls[TLS_CIPHER]) ?
-				 TLS_CIPHER_NAME(tls[TLS_CIPHER]) :
-			         tls[TLS_CIPHER] : ""
+				 TLS_CIPHER_NAME(tls[TLS_CIPHER])
+				 || to_string(tls[TLS_CIPHER])
+				 : tls[TLS_CIPHER] : ""
 #else
 			    "", ""
 #endif
diff --git a/world/net/user.c b/world/net/user.c
index 9f5a420..595f2fa 100644
--- a/world/net/user.c
+++ b/world/net/user.c
@@ -435,8 +435,10 @@ msg(source, mc, data, mapping vars, showingLog) {
 		 && abbrev(SERVER_UNIFORM +"~", source))
 #endif
 	  ) {
+#ifdef PRO_PATH
 		if (data && index(data, '\n') != -1)
 			data = replace(data, "\n", " ");
+#endif
 #ifdef USE_THE_NICK
 		if (t != source) {
 		    if (objectp(source)) {