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Originally posted by stief
Hi Marc
Welcome, and nice first post: the preparation is much appreciated.
Some of what you say sounds normal. The "quick grab" might just be for a piece of the file--quite normal when you and many other hosts are providing the files. Such uploads show as "complete" but the % is less than 100%
When someone browses you, they may choose to download many of your files. They are usually new users who don't realize that 3 at a time is considered normal, but repeated attempts at more, trigger the automatic "Banned greedy client" treatment. Most of my files go to such folks, so I have set my prefs to allow them to download 10 at a time so they can avoid getting automatically banned by my settings.
However, the repeated attempts to get files that are unavailable is old behaviour from poor clients. Current clients will not repeatedly try for a file once it is unshared. Check the Vendor column of the monitor pane to see what version someone is using to get your file.
btw, you don't have to delete the files to unshare them. In your Library, there are many ways to stop sharing a file. Check out the menus there and see what else you get by right-clicking a file.
Easiest way to avoid paranoia about the copyright cartels is stay away from their junk
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Steif:
Thanks for kudos. I've learned my lesson from other forums that basic knowledge of the topics is essential and simple stupidity isn't tolerated. I try to make my point clear and as detailed as possible. In addition to that, thanks for the quick reply as well. Some places take days just to review it and then pass around before someone decides to take a crack at it.
Anyway, you're saying the 'quick grab' is ok and just let it go, right? I've changed my setting to let them download 10 at a time as you suggested and I will watch the Monitor section to see how that works. I didn't know about the automatic 'banned' feature but I'm glad it's there. Can that be configured somehow? If not, no bother.
You can tell this one's a newbie, who doesn't know to right click on menus to see additional instructions? Take me to the land of DUH and crown me King.
Again thanx
Marc001