QUOTE(muleteer @ Jan 14 2008, 20:22)
The answer is there in the shoutbox.

Many of the old servers were closed down by the authorities. Better delete ALL the servers currently in your list, then update using the link below. Static servers - marked with a star - will not get deleted, so select them and remove them from static list, then delete them. Now click the 'update server.met from url' button, then paste this link in the box
http://www.peerates.net/servers.php and click 'update'.
When Emule Plus v1.2c starts up it tries to download the server list from a couple of old servers that no longer exist (or no longer keeps the list), then comes up with message "failed to download serverlist". I can paste peerates.net in, and have even tried to paste the url over the old ones, but each time I start Emule, I have to repeat the same process over again. How do I remove the old servers from the update list and get peerates setup permantly?
BTW - I've tried numerous other p2p programs .. and always comeback to Emule Plus .. kudos!!!