Thanks Lord of The Rings

Can't say i am really happy about the response; if it is true (i belive your correct) my going Pro to get those "better search results, turbo charge download speeds & connect to more sources" was uh Useless i see no positive change at all oh well such is life i am not as suprised as i am dissappointed.

I see what you mean about the load on the servers but it seems those who UPLOAD over 100MB per day could get a little priorety when they are only downloading 10MB I can't even check my email sometimes due to the upload drain at the same time nothing at all goin down seems a bit out of balance.

Typical of the real world; don't know why i expect things to be different here No Honor Among Thievs anymore hey.

About finding hosts that let me browse there are very few for whatever reasons and most of them seem to get the hump if you like their taste in music and want more than their quota. That is pathetic; i consider it a compliment when someone likes my taste in music.

I only hope people will reconsider the definition of share!!!

Hello All Who Share

I am new to the forum & have been using LimeWire for about a month.

Thanks and Shouts to those who have made this possible.

I have been reading loads here lately; mostly about this topic as it is the only issue or problem i have had with P2P

I came to P2P with about 850 tunes half of which i have spent many hours recording from Vinyl and making mp3's the rest from my cd collection. I am Happy to share all of these with anyone who would return the favor i now have over 1000 that i Share (oh no have i been too greedy?) it seems there are some serious problems with greed here it is a deadly sin but someone who makes available all his music to others should hardly be considered greedy just because he has browsed a host (i browse somewone because i like what they have downloaded from me seems we at least Share the same taste in music, and liked what they have and want to have it as well. Yea i used to take what ever i liked from that host until i found out i was being judged as greedy by someone who thinks i am crossing the line by wanting to have more than three downloads) I set my bandwidth and max uploads to 20 per user thinking it was the right thing to do. I still think it's the right thing to do!!! I take what i like from a host as i don't know when he will be connected again. It seems logical not greedy!!! In fact i stay connected all day and it is normal to upload 150 or more tunes a day; these are not top 40 tunes either i still have 20 tunes that i try to download unsucessfully in that time as i lose the connection mysteriously. I feel my Limewire Pro is lame at automatically trying to find more sources. I have done a test and killed uploads within a minute they all seem to start again mine don't is this because everyone has disconnected or filtered me out. It seems like some Some days i get 0 complete unless i sit there and do endless searches that seem a total waste of time. I don't mind waiting a have patience but wasting my time like this ****** me off!!!

So now that i have vented i have a few requests.

Please rethink cutting off someone and setting low limits on users. There seem to be some problems with recognizing the peeps who share and those heathens who don't; and until there are solutions for this problem we should not be so judgemental.

LimeWire why can't you do something about this? With all you have done to make P2P possible it seems this should not be beyond your capabilities.

LimeWire why can't search restart automatically and constantally if the host is lost. If i have requested a download it is because i want it even if i lost the connection i didn't lose the desire to have that tune.

Hoping for Positive Change

i have tried chat but no one wants to

I dont even know how to chat.
I did try several times, but I have no answer and I never know if the user know I'm trying.

You first need to be sure chat is enabled. Tools>Options>Chat. Also right-click the top of the columns of either or both the search results & download & upload windows & choose to show chat. A chat column will appear which will show if another user has chat enabled. A small yellow smiley chat icon will appear if they do have it enabled. Then right-click them & choose chat. But one of the problems with chat is many people are away from the computer (at school/work/asleep) or have LW hidden in background whilst they do something else. So the chat becomes stale before they see it. AFAIK Other non-LW (or LW code based) clients don't show the chat icon but still might be able to chat. I don't believe I've ever chatted with another gnutella client though so I'm not sure they use the same chat protocol. But AFAIK LW's chat technology hasn't changed in many years. Possibly since it was introduced the very first time with one of the very early versions. The only change I've noticed about chat since is no chat buttons & a slightly different chat interface which happened about a year ago I think.

Hi barbarian2

Contacting another host for a chat is unpredictable, but in your case is probably not necessary.

There is code that will automatically and temporarily (not sure how long, but less than a day, I think) that will return "banned greedy client" if too many files are requested at once, or repeatedly.

To avoid that, only choose 3 files at a time from one host. 3 is the default setting, and few people change it. Test by downloading 4 files from that host: if 3 start and the 4th doesn't, that probably means the host is using the default settings.

As for completing those existing downloads, just do a "find more sources", and/or repeat the search.

I find this thread interesting. I, too, am very, very new at this. I still don't fully understand how I can share (but I certainly intend to as soon as I do more research on how). I'll just keep reading and learning, and, hopefully not offend anyone in the process.
ldyj

Whilst the earlier versions might have had that small advantage, the newer versions definitely have a better (more effective) search. It was that fact that caused me to drop the earlier version & use the most recent full-time. I'm sorry to hear you've had such problems. I always consider it that some days are better than others. So I persist. Also some times of the day are better than others. The same applies with browsing & direct connecting. One moment you can't browse someone, 10 mins or an hr later I can. Free slots & bandwidth seems to also play a part in browsing. Also to expand on the example, one time I've browsed someone & found about 60 files, then 20 mins later browsed & they had over 600 or vice versa. So there's many factors at hand that affect these things.

ldyj see How to Share Folders (click on link)

Thanks for the info, Lord of the Rings. I did check and find that I have two files available for sharing on my system - one I created and one apparently created when I installed LimeWire.
LdyJ

Very complicated all of it and i don't know what think because i don't know how it really works. I appreciate your imput.

I have just been messin around browsen hosts that were currently downloading off me i got through to 3 from 2 of them i started DL on 1 mp3 they started downloading chose another mp3 and at this time both tracks went to need more sources this same thing happened with 2 hosts (does that mean they filtered me out? they didn't go offline as they were still uploading from me one of them on 3 slots) the third has allowed me 3 DL so i figure he is cool but i am not pushing it due to the 3 default limit (which is forcing people who may not know how to allow more; to be stingy which sucks)

Anyone reading who doesn't know: tools/options/uploads/slots

Is safe to say those 2 hosts have set the limit to 1 and or derail anyone who tries more? If so they are gettin filtered.

Or is there some other reason for something like that to happen in which case i should not filter that user?

Thanks for the constructive input.