Hello to everyone.

I am somewhat new to this site and thus far I have enjoyed sharing with the community at large. I have been building a good collection of Music videos.

What I would like to know is how or should I say why people do not enable the view host. I leave mine open so that people can see and download what ever they want from my lime wire file.

When I look a someone uploading from me , I usually try and see what they have to offer that may interest me. I usually have about 7 out of 10 users that will not let me look at what they have to share.

Are there filters out there to stop these people from being able to upload from me if they are not willing to let any user see what they have to share?

I did find the filter that said if the user has no more then X amount of files to share do not let him connect, but since I believe that everyone has to start somewhere , I leave that filter open to the minimal amount. I want to be fare to everyone.

Another question, When viewing a search and it says lets say 800 files found, If I look at the browsing tab to see what was found, there is never that many items there. Is there a subfolder that shows the rest of the search?

Thanks and good uploads and downloads to everyone

Tiamat

Browse host is a topic that some people agree with & others don't. To see this point have a look at this thread: BROWSE HOST (Should it be Optional?)
Personally I feel like you do!

AFAIK Searches such as a browse search are charged with a certain amount of energy. If that search is exhausted before all the information is complete then it times out. I've browsed people I was downlding from but the file I was downlding was not listed in the their files listed after a browse. lol So obviously not all of their files were able to be identified before the browse search timed out.

It is much easier to browse someone if they have chat enabled. But even if they do or don't doesn't necessarily mean you can or can't browse them. I've browsed people who don't have chat enabled. But it definitely makes it easier if it is enabled. On the main interface, it's a little easier to browse someone from the downld window than selecting them from the search results even if you are downlding from them. Which is a little odd. As far as people uplding, yes it seems mostly only those with chat enabled can be browsed.

Oh keep in mind that when you browse someone, it includes that person's files but will also add to the total some other people who have the identical file. So if you have a look under the # column you may see multiple sources for that file. Browsing is not always reliable. Hope that's of some help.

Hmmm Browsing host could be mde optional that is fine, thought it seems to me that being a community that wants to share information videos etc that would not be a good Ideal.

As far as my second question about filters does anyone have an answer tothat one. if there a way to block someone that will not let you view what he or she has?

I'm a strong advocate for browsing as I use it all the time. It is so so useful. It allows you to see if the person has similar files as the one you're after & if you're downlding several, browsing can re-activate the other files into action to restart downlding.

As far as the filters go, I'm not sure how well they work. I do know the freeloader slider has been inactive for some time.

If you wish to ban someone, you can right-click them & choose Block Host. I don't know how you undo this though. In your Tools>Options>Filters>Hosts you can also manually add or remove blocks against hosts.

....THIS IS A PARTIAL REPLY TO YOUR QUESTION, AND ALSO A QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME...
EVERY TIME I OPEN LIMEWIRE, THE SYSTEM TELLS ME THAT I AM UNDER AN "ULTRAPEER", SO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE OTHERS TO MAKE RESEARCHES INSIDE MY FILES. MOREOVER, I CAN NOTICE THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS CONNECTED TO MY LIMEWIRE FILES FROM OUTSIDE, THE CONNECTION OFTEN GETS SHUT DOWN.
JUST LIKE YOU, I THINK THAT IF I CAN DOWNLOAD SOMETHING FROM THE OTHERS, THE OTHERS MUST BE ABLE TO DONWLOAD SOMETHING FROM MY FILES.....SO, WHEN I STARTED TO USE LIMEWIRE I DISABLED THE FIREWALL, BUT NOTHING CHANGED.....AND I AM USING A FAST DSL LINE.
ACTUALLY, I CAN'T SAY NOW IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET FILES FROM ME, BUT ANYWAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MORE.......

BYE TO EVERYBODY

MEROVINGIO