This rings a bell, and if I recall, I had a duplicate name in the bb-hosts file with diff ip address.
This was on v4.2.2 which I'm pretty sure did not flag duplicate names.
Ken Connell
Intermediate Network Engineer
Computer & Communication Services
Ryerson University
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Toronto, Ont
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From: Carl Melgaard <user-cdea55422fa4@xymon.invalid>
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Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:35:44
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Subject: Re: [Xymon] Pinging a host turns purple every 2 mins