Posted by Sam on 09/20/61 11:26

"Atropos" <davewhite122000@spamnoyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I installed Azureus a dn started download a torrent. I came back to my
>> pc
>> later and as well as downloading
>> it appeared to be letting someone down it from me as well.
>> I was concerned by this as i had not yet shared out any folders/files
>> etc.
>>
>
> This is how Bittorrent works. It uploads as well as downloads. Only the
> file which you are downloading at that time however, no others, unless you
> leave them running.

What do you mean by unless you leave them running?.
I downloaded some files to my d: and some to my mp3 folder where there are
lots of other mp3 files i have. Is it sharing all this lot out?.

> Don't think of limiting your upload speed as this will have a detrimental
> effect on your download speed.

ok, thanks for tip, i did think about that

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