Mldonkey too old? LowID?

[Colin Brace]

On 2/6/06, Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

>  I understand the reasoning behind having an application for each
> individual P2P network, for me the ease of use of having some kind of
> client that can access most, if not all, wins out. If I want to hunt for
> a file, I'd clearly rather just type it into one interface which will
> look everywhere than open and search using 5 different interfaces.

Uh... there are many variables involved in *finding* a file and even
more in *downloading* one; it isn't a simple as you think. For a
variety of reasons, this isn't the forum to go into this complex
issue; I direct you to one of the p2p sites where these kinds of
issues are regularly discussed. In the meantime, trust me on this: you
really will have better results with programs dedicated to a specific
p2p network.

> Nonetheless, for experiments sake, I did try downloading aMule and
> seeing if it would tell me something about my ability to connect with a
> low or high ID. I can't say I really appreciate the interface. Unless
> I'm doing something wrong, one has to select servers one by one to
> connect to.

No, this is a common misunderstanding; aMule automatically connects to
ONE server when the program is started. That is all it can connect to
and that is all you need. This is the way the eDonkey network works.

> And I don't see any dialogues which tell me whether I have a high
> ID, a low ID or anything of the sort.

When you first start aMule, it displays the login sequence, and, after
indicating to which server you have been connected, it explicitly
warns you if you are assigned a low ID. If this warning was not
displayed, then you have a high ID. This login sequence is displayed
when you click on the "servers" button (aMule Log tab). It is also
saved to disk in "logfile" in the .amule directory.

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  Colin Brace
  Amsterdam