Dr. Phoenix,
Thanks a bunch, I'll try that tonight. But mostly I want to thank you for the product. Low fees, great hash rate, and it was easy enough for me to figure out, and I haven't messed with DOS or UNIX commands in years. I won't say how many years, but suffice it to say it's been many.
Remove the -proto 1 from your config.txt - minerpool uses eth-proxy stratum protocol, which is the default protocol for PhoenixMiner.