Posted by George Hester on 10/23/05 08:31

"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
news:3s08crFlttrkU1@individual.net...
> George Hester wrote:
> > "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:3ruqehFln7ngU1@individual.net...
> >
> >>BJtheDJ@the.Controls wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>pretty much essential for large files to propagate effectivley.
> >
> >
> > Hmmm...that sounds like a good reason but I really doubt it. The
sharing of
> > partials is a prime reason for the File Mismatch error. You will NOT
ever
> > get a File Mismatch error from someone sharing a complete file but you
will
> > get a File Mismatch error from partials periodically. That is why we
know
> > for many files exactly how many bytes has to be sliced off to fix them.
> >
> Yes I agree that mismatches are a glitch which is better avoided.
> I think not sharing partials is throwing the baby out with the bathwater
> though.

Of course Anthony another good reason not to share partials is that some
traders won't trade if you do. The reason being is that we don't usually
start new d/ls from partials. I MIGHT but not normally. Hence the partials
are just noise that we have to sift through and the patience level of most
WinMX users partials or not is close to void.

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George Hester
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