Re: [Mldonkey-users] Re: [ Mldonkey-users]Mldonkey features

[Goswin Brederlow]

MLdonkey <address@hidden> writes:

> >  There will be more and more mldonkey clients.So it will become easier to
> >  found at least one other mldonkey client to have his sources. So the
> >  interconnection between groups of clients (servers) will be done between
> >  clients without the help of servers. It will report the work on mldonkey
> >  clients not on servers. It's a good thing (servers have better things to
> >  do). But to have more and more mldonkey users, servers must have slots
> >  available (they must not block mldonkey users!). Currently i'm satisfied
> >  with only one server, the sources are good.
> 
> You still need to get the first source. Maybe the multi-server
> connection could be allowed only in some cases:
> - at startup to connect fast
> - if you share a lot of files (more than 50 Go for example)
> - if you have no recent source for some file, or at least, no mldonkey
>      source.
> - only for short periods

What do servers do exactly?

You connect to them and upload a list of files you have?

You can ask them for a list of clients that have a certain file?

You can search the filenames for some text and get a list of
names/md4s back?

Is that correct? Anything else?

MfG
        Goswin