diff --git a/mystic/mutil.ini b/mystic/mutil.ini
index 68d3aa3..7b66c52 100644
--- a/mystic/mutil.ini
+++ b/mystic/mutil.ini
@@ -476,19 +476,26 @@
   ; The above example will search in c:\nodelist and select the latest
   ; nodelist.### and agoranet.### nodelists.  This comparison is first done
   ; by checking the day extension.  If the extension is archived (.z12, etc)
-  ; it will unarchive the nodelist first before comparison.
+  ; it will be unarchived before comparison.
   ;
   ; After decompressing, the 3-digit day extensions are compared, selecting
-  ; the highest number.  It will then compare the years of the file dates,
+  ; the highest number.  It will also compare the years of the file dates,
   ; and select the newest option.  So if you have nodelist.025 dated 2013
   ; and also nodelist.320 dated 2012, nodelist.025 will be selected.
   ;
-  ; The same process would then be repeated for agoranet.### and once the
-  ; two files are found, it will merge them together in Mystic's data folder
-  ; so it can be used for nodelist lookups.
+  ; The same process is then be repeated for agoranet.### and once all of
+  ; the defined 'nodefiles' are processed, they will be merged together and
+  ; copied into Mystic's DATA folder so it can be used for nodelist lookups.
   ;
   ; If no nodelists are found, Mystic will not overwrite the current
-  ; nodelist.
+  ; nodelist.  Comments are stripped while merging to lower filesize and
+  ; increase search performance.
+
+  ; Strip nodes marked as DOWN?
+  strip_down = true
+
+  ; Strip nodes marked as PRIVATE?
+  strip_private = true
 
   nodefile=d:\nodelists\nodelist
   nodefile=d:\nodelists\agoranet
diff --git a/mystic/mutil_nodelist.pas b/mystic/mutil_nodelist.pas
index 5cc530e..07963d6 100644
--- a/mystic/mutil_nodelist.pas
+++ b/mystic/mutil_nodelist.pas
@@ -17,6 +17,53 @@ Uses
   mUtil_Common,
   mUtil_Status;
 
+Var
+  NodeListNoPrivate : Boolean;
+  NodeListNoDown    : Boolean;
+
+Procedure FileAppend (F1, F2: String);
+Var
+  BufIn,
+  BufOut : Array[1..8*1024] of Char;
+  TF1    : Text;
+  TF2    : Text;
+  Str    : String;
+Begin
+  Assign (TF1, F1);
+
+  {$I-} Reset(TF1); {$I+}
+
+  If IoResult <> 0 Then Exit;
+
+  SetTextBuf (TF1, BufIn);
+
+  Assign (TF2, F2);
+  {$I-} Append(TF2); {$I+}
+
+  If (IoResult = 2) Then
+    ReWrite (TF2);
+
+  SetTextBuf (TF2, BufOut);
+
+  While Not Eof(TF1) Do Begin
+    ReadLn  (TF1, Str);
+
+    If (Str[1] = ';') Then
+      Continue;
+
+    If NodeListNoDown And (Copy(Str, 1, 4) = 'Down') Then
+      Continue;
+
+    If NodeListNoPrivate And (Copy(Str, 1, 3) = 'Pvt') Then
+      Continue;
+
+    WriteLn (TF2, Str);
+  End;
+
+  Close (TF1);
+  Close (TF2);
+End;
+
 Procedure ExtractNodeLists (BaseFile: String);
 Var
   DirInfo  : SearchRec;
@@ -156,7 +203,7 @@ Begin
 
   If Not NotFound Then Begin
     ProcessStatus  ('Merging ' + ResPath + Res.Name, False);
-    FileAppend (ResPath + Res.Name, bbsCfg.DataPath + 'nodelist.txt');
+    FileAppend     (ResPath + Res.Name, bbsCfg.DataPath + 'nodelist.txt');
   End;
 
   DirClean(TempPath, '');
@@ -174,6 +221,9 @@ Begin
   FileErase  (bbsCfg.DataPath + 'nodelist.$$$');
   FileReName (bbsCfg.DataPath + 'nodelist.txt', bbsCfg.DataPath + 'nodelist.$$$');
 
+  NodeListNoDown    := Ini.ReadBoolean(Header_NODELIST, 'strip_down', False);
+  NodeListNoPrivate := Ini.ReadBoolean(Header_NODELIST, 'strip_private', False);
+
   Ini.SetSequential(True);
 
   Repeat
diff --git a/mystic/qwkpoll.pas b/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
index 585792f..055c89e 100644
--- a/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
+++ b/mystic/qwkpoll.pas
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ Begin
       While Not Eof(F) Do Begin
         ioRead (F, QwkNet);
 
-        If PollByQwkNet(QwkNet) Then
-          Inc (Count);
+        Case Mode of
+          0 : If PollByQwkNet(QwkNet) Then
+                Inc (Count);
+        End;
       End;
 
       Close (F);
@@ -129,13 +131,16 @@ Begin
   End Else
   If strS2I(Str) > 0 Then Begin
     If GetQwkNetByIndex(strS2I(Str), QwkNet) Then
-      If PollByQwkNet(QwkNet) Then
-        Inc (Count);
+      Case Mode of
+        0 : If PollByQwkNet(QwkNet) Then
+              Inc (Count);
+      End;
   End Else Begin
     WriteLn ('Invalid command line.');
     WriteLn;
     WriteLn ('Syntax: QWKPOLL [ALL]');
     WriteLn ('                [Qwk Network Index]');
+    WriteLn;
     WriteLn ('                [EXPORT] [QwkNet Index] [PATH TO CREATE REP]');
     WriteLn ('                [IMPORT] [QwkNet Index] [PATH OF QWK PACKET]');
     WriteLn;