G'day from Oz, Donald LimeWire's not dangerous. just bloody hopeless. The underlying LimeWire engine has problems, such as disappearing queued & partial downloads, 'Could not move to Folder' errors, and to top it all off, the LimeWire interface often corrupts it's 'Downloads.dat' files (where downloads info is stored).
The LimeWire team are copping bad press for failing to address these ongoing problems, and are not answering forum questions. A better alternative, but more expensive, is 'Acquisition' (at US$15). It uses the LimeWire engine, but works around SOME of the problems. It also allows more hosts, so you get more hits per item. It, however, is very actively supported, and is constantly being improved. Easier interface too. Consider though that LimeWire Pro costs US$10 per 6 months, and 'Acquisition' is good value. I tried a 97 Meg file (easily hittable) for 5 days with LimeWire, and found how to nurse it past some of the problems (14 damn 'Could not move to Library' messages, and once that happens you CANNOT restart in the middle of the download without losing it) , but it still crapped itself 95 meg into the process. I put in Acquisition, found many more hits, and downloaded it without a hitch (though I had to be there to hit the 'Unregistered' window every 45 minutes). It was at least 20% faster as well. You might get the 'Cannot move' message, but a restart pops the downloads back up. It's an engine bug. I've paid up. Another one is 'Drumbeat', but it's more expensive, does not yet support resumed downloads, nor the Gnuttella network (so not much mac stuff). Huge PC network though, great for mp3s. often in the Petabytes and tens of millions of files of info, even on my modem. I've had over 40 hosts at one time. Watch this one closely. 15 day trail. Regards Santa -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
