UK Bob

Even if you have chat enabled you don't have to use it. If it makes you easier to browse then you should.

Then to the freeloading issue. Limewire will be able to download torrents when next major version is released. My worry is that this will make the leeching (freeloading) even worse. I have started a thread about the issue and your views would be appriciated. BTW LOTR says that the developers sometimes look at the forum where it's posted. Your chance to be heard

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...841#post216841

"I use a firewall (NPF 2005) to protect my PC from attack and, I understand, that this could prevent my shared files from being browsed but it does not prevent people from downloading files from me."

Where did you get this idea from? Browsing a host works exactly the same as any other file transfer. If you do not disable browsing and people can download from you, they can browse you as well.