Is there a way to edit the Limewire program to permantly block ussers from downloading from you if they are not sharring any files? (the kill button is only a temporary fix)

There is no way I know of that you can truly tell the "leaches" from someone who may have temporarily disabled downloads. I do know that, in OPTIONS, under SHARING there is an adjustment you can make as to sharing files. It is amazing the number of ppl who DO NOT SHARE. But for dialup and foriegn countries this may be necessary. Never assume your circumstances are the same worldwide. Not all are so Blessed

your right. I didn't think about that. Thanks

It is amazing how many non-sharers there are and it makes
me angry. I've worked hard to make available over 1,000
original, documented and correctly identified songs. To have
someone who doesn't care enough to share take advantage is wrong.
There is a way to stop these worse freeloaders....

Under tools, go to options.
Under options go to filters.
Open filters and open hosts.
There you can enter the IP #'s
of those who download your material without sharing.

I get the IP # as they're downloading my muisc, then
kill their download(s). Then enter their IP # in the
list of downloaders you wish to deny access.

It works.

Cal

I thought Deacon72 made a good point as to why some users may not share files, because they have a slow dial-up instead of a highspeed internet but the more I think about it some of those same people, who don't share their files, upload my files at way to fast of a pace for them to be using a dial-up network. So that can only mean that they just choose to not share files. I think I will look at each member individually and make a decision as to whether or not they are stingy. Those people I will use your way of blocking them. Thanks alot.

I am no fan of freeloaders but I have been doing some experimenting latley and have found that there really isn't any good way tio tell if a person is sharing or not. I have had people DL fome me and tried to brouse them made note of there IP adress if I could not brouse them I would kill the UL. Latter they would reappear and I would atempt to brouse again and this time it would show they were sharing. I would repeate the process and sometimes it would show files and other times it would not. So brousing a host really isn't a good way to tell if someone is shareing. If you block these people and every body uses this method of determning who to block. Pretty soon you and everybody will be blocked, and guess what no filesharing

Later Grandpa

As Grandpa said, there is no proven scientific way to determine who does or does not share. It has been researched and proven that over 50% of the users on ALL P2P, file-sharing programs do NOT share. They take, they download and they "leech", but they are still part of the network. They can become Ultrapeers, but if you block them they become tottally useless. Now before anyone becomes selfrighteous or santimonious about this.....Before you started on P2P networking, How much did you have??

How many "original" files have you given to the community that did not originate in that community or in some other program??

Don't block anyone. Avoid judging users who just may have reasons. The one you block today may be the only one to share the file you are looking for tomorrow.

So Deacon 72 what's the answer, just accept the leeches for what they are and let them download from you and ignore the fact that they aren't returning the favor? I've put 10 personal zip files in my folder to share with others and I don't think its asking too much of others to share too. When I check for upload's and try to scan the ussers. I try to scan them 3 times- because I too have seen that sometimes a usser can be scanned after several tries- and if I can't scan them after 3 tries I use Cal's method of blocking them.

Yes, accept them. I started back in '98 with Napster. We had our share of leeches and we didn't like it, but we accepted it. Here is food for thought. You say you put 10 files in a folder to share. What about all the other files you downloaded?? Why aren't you sharing what you fully and without reservation were allowed to download but now you only allow 10 files to be uploaded from you. What I download, whatever I get from here, I share without reservation. I don't ask anything in return. pound for pound kb for kb. Share and don't ask anything in return is the greatest gift of all. And NO I don't get paid for answering questions in LimeWire. Me, LOTR, Grandpa, Peerless, beerbottlebill, and so many others do it to share the knowledge without reimbursement because we like to.We test BETA's to improve the community because we like to. I may not change your mind about the way you share, but maybe someone will be affected by this and take up where I left off when I am no longer around this world. Have fun and as someoneelse likes to say

THANKS FOR THE FILES

TomLa you can do what ever you want to do. But when I was doing the testing while the people were DL from me one guy I scaned 12 times before I got any results. And was I suprised when they finnaly showed up there were litteraly thousands of files this person was sharing a coupple I had been looking for I clicked on them and got in line in his Q about an hour later I checked and the file was finshed. I had been looking for this file for awhile with no results so this person had some pretty good bandwith to take me from #5 to complete in an hour, the file was rather large 350mb. So I think if you use the above method you may be blocking some of the wrong people. Like I said unfortunatley there is no good way to tell who is sharing and who isn't.

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Later Grandpa

Deacon 72 you misunderstood me. I meant that I added 10 of my own files to share along with all the files that I've downloaded. I know that 10 files doesn't sound like much but at least it's something. I have many others on disk that I plan to make available sooner or later. I admit that maybe I'm making too much of this file sharing thing however if any readers at all happen to see these comments and change the way they share with others in a positive way then I have accomplished something valuable. Have a great day.

It's when file sharers turn off their bandwidth that gets my blood boiling or, they allow you to dl and cut you off anyway right in the middle of it, I have never cut anyone off in a middle of a download. The freeloaders are far from the problem, it's the ones who share that are the stingy ones. I share, and have used P2P for many years. I was on Napster and we had very few freeloaders. Maybe if people opened up and shared the networks wouldnt have died. Plus, there is the RIAA to worry about, and the MPAA. People dont want to get sued so they download but dont share.

thats why i really would like it if you can download from friends, because most of the time you can force them to share. how many freeloaders would be here, if they were forced to be accountable?

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i wouldnt be suprized if i have been banned by other people because i have a large upload queue and it would appear that im not sharing at all. because when my upload slots are full, its nearly impossible to browse host someone.

Hello, I am relatively new to Limewire (2 weeks), and I am learning quite a lot. I have read with interest the threads regarding blocking someone from downloading from you if they don't share files.

When I first started using limewire, I didn't even know people could upload from my computer. Since learning that, I have gone into options and set it up as well as fixing my firewall to allow it.

To address the issue of connection speeds, I have a 56K modem, dial up, but my dial up speed is only 24k. According to my ISP, this is due to the antiquated wiring in this area, and is the best I can expect.

It does not stop me from allowing people to upload, it just is terminally slow. They say patience is a virtue. So, please, have some with us. Perhaps the people you are trying to access are also new at this and just haven't learned yet.

Browse Host? I tried it, sometimes I am succesfull and sometimes not. Just discovered inserting IP's into direct connect last night, and used my brothers number, who downloaded limewire the same time I did. Sometimes I was able to access his list and sometimes I was not. He said he had to try about 12 times to get into mine.

So I do not think blocking someone just because you cannot get into their computer is a good thing. Maybe this also just takes patience.

I would like to thank all of you for all the wonderful music I have been able to obtain since I found Limewire. And am happy to share it all with anyone.

And I am trying to read part of the Forum daily to gather all the info I can regarding this great thing called Limewire.

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