Posted by Jyeshta on 07/25/07 17:35

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:43:27 -0700, Greg Farr
<gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:30:00 GMT, "*alan*" <in_flagrante@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Greg Farr" <gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:625ca31s9jdvbsa7tf4hv12q90787ar26q@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:38:24 -0700, "*alan*"
>>> <in_flagrante@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Daniel Minge" <minge@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:re0t93pqn242nt4kr54pofugpfaud5hame@4ax.com...
>>>>>I can download, but people can't upload from me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Their attempts time out. Some may think I'm very lucky.
>>>>> but fair is fair and I want to be able to let people upload.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could someone assist me re my settings please.
>>>>>
>>>>> Minge
>>>>
>>>>I had that problem until a helpful sharer messaged me to let me know that
>>>>my
>>>>firewall was probably not allowing uploads. You need to set your firewall
>>>>to allow upload from winmx.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've had the problem for 3 days now and I don't have a firewall up or
>>> anything like that. First I lost all connection to winmx then loaded a
>>> new pie, got back d/l ability but not upload, and now peeps are
>>> swearing at me for not sharing, and I can't help it.
>>
>>
>>Hmmm . . . there've apparently been several patches offered on a variety of
>>websites. The update I got (which works fine) came from
>>http://www.winmxworld.com/
>>If you didn't get yours from there, it might be worthwhile to try dumping
>>the winmx you've now got and just starting over with a download from that
>>site.
>>Just a suggestion, mind you, certainly not a guarantee . . .
>
>
>I've had the basic winmx for a long time, and it's always been fine,
>more suspicious of other add-ons, like peergaurdian, which I bumped,
>to no avail.

You shouldn't be without at least a good software firewall
(Comodo is free and supposed to be good, but I'm still using my
old Sygate one), and I wouldn't be using WinMX at all if I didn't
also use PeerGuardian.

Being online without a firewall is just asking for trouble.

>Greg
>http://gregsplace.50megs.com
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