Thread: Multiple emails

MS,

Forgive my ignorance, what is a Torrent Client? Sounds like a customer coming in out of the rain.

Ken

A torrent client is the software used to download torrent files - files being shared using the bittorrent peer-to-peer protocol. Basically, it's Napster 2.0+, with more content and no centralised server.

You install a torrent client (such as microtorrent), pop along to a specialised torrent search site such as Isohunt or eztv, find a file (such as a movie or TV show) and click to load the torrent identifier.

Your computer then becomes part of the 'swarm' for that file, and it starts downloading the file from other computers that have it. As soon as you have downloaded a chunk of the file, that chunk is immediately shared (uploaded to) anyone else who wants that file, thus helping share the file as widely and as quickly as possible.

The screencap below is an example of the microtorrent client in action.

First column is the name of the torrent, often suffixed with the name of the release group (ie Jaybob or VTV), source (such as HDTV or DVDRIP), compression codec (ie Xvid) and season/episode numbers for TV programs (S03E016).

Next is the size of the file and the download progress bar, which should be self explanatory.

In Status, Seeding means you are uploading (or are ready to upload some or all of a file) while Queued Seed means there are lots of other, faster seeders than you for this file so you are on the reserve bench for the moment.

Seeds - the number in brackets is the number of people in the swarm for the file who have the complete file, while Peers is the number of people who are still downloading but don't have the complete file yet. The number before the bracket is how many are currently connected to your computer. For last (American) night's episode of V, there were 10,229 people in the swarm with the complete file and 7,258 in the process of downloading it.

Download and upload speeds are...download and upload speeds. ETA is ETA, and Uploaded is how much data your torrent client has uploaded to date for that particular file - which in this example ranges from 19 meg to 1.68 gig.

You can control the upload by specifying maximum speeds or changing the sharing quota, but the less you share, the more the torrent client penalises you - if you've got a tiny upload quota, then you get a lower priority for your downloads (you'll get connected to other people who also have a tiny upload quota, so your downloads will take ages).

Thanks MS,

You have put a lot of effort into explaining what a Torrent Client is.

I'm afraid it's all double Dutch to me, just as well I don't have a need for it.

Ken

Ken...as I said above, I experienced this over many months with telstra
it only occurs when you get shaped
I had many arguments with telstra that my contract does not mention anything about about not being able to download emails when they have shaped my connection...they usually allowed another gig or so till the end of the roll over

one option if telstra wont give you some exrtra download is to login to your account via IE or mozilla or whatver you use for browser and get your emails that way..."Web Mail"

what I ended up doing is getting a contract (bundle) which allows 200gig including all calls to local, interstate and mobiles....as I run a business from home (lots of phone calls) its now saving me lots of $$$'s per annum...the 3 ankle biters not only gave the net a hiding but also the phone calls Especially mobile calls to their mates
if your landline and call costs are low this may not be a feasible option

Good to hear you are up and running again Ken

Not exactly 830mB a "telstra" kB is 1000bytes. So its 830 - 2.4%=810 "real" mB
If your son has be downloading movies ask him about the torrent client.
Do you know if your up load is capped?

Gmail has some useful features(now that you can turn conversations off). Not having to worry about back up, access from any pc on the net, imap to outlook express if you like. They wont help this your data limit though.

Stuart

I was a Telstra knocker for many years but recently they have had the hobbles removed so they can compete on the retail market with all the other ISP's. In a small town you don't have a lot of choice and to get ADSL2 I had to go to Telstra. My phone and internet bill have been reduced and I went from 40 gig to 100 gig allowance on the net. I was with AAPT and I went to them from IINET because I was getting huge bills but recently IINET took over AAPT and that triggered my decision. The best part is my international phone calls have been priced at 2c a minute to fixed or mobile phones and I as I make a heap of international calls I reckon I have a bargain to the point I would not bother using Skype.

Originally Posted by Mini

I was a Telstra knocker for many years but recently they have had the hobbles removed so they can compete on the retail market with all the other ISP's. In a small town you don't have a lot of choice and to get ADSL2 I had to go to Telstra. My phone and internet bill have been reduced and I went from 40 gig to 100 gig allowance on the net. I was with AAPT and I went to them from IINET because I was getting huge bills but recently IINET took over AAPT and that triggered my decision. The best part is my international phone calls have been priced at 2c a minute to fixed or mobile phones and I as I make a heap of international calls I reckon I have a bargain to the point I would not bother using Skype.

With pennytel voip I have 8c un-timed international calls anytime of the day. Worth considering if you make long international calls.

However I think it's only fixed line - 2c per minute international mobile is pretty good.

I must admit I am thinking of going back to telstra for my mobile 3 sucks for coverage even in the Melbourne CBD ! (

For 2c a minute I can't be bothered even using Skype. I was absolutely stunned when they told me the cost was the same mobiles or fixed line and it shows how much we have been getting ripped off and conned over the years. I wanted to buy something in the UK yesterday so I picked up the phone with no hesitation, it avoids multiple emails and gets things done.

I am a computer Tech and have been for the passed 11 years.

For those who are stuck with a similar email problem you can use a public computer (i.e. Local Library, Internet Cafe etc) to download emails with this website: Email Services | mail2web.com I have been using it for years to assist some of my clients with similiar problems and it is also handy for those who don't have an email account that they can access from anywhere but home. You do need to have the following information though: Email address, password

Makes it very easy for clients who have a dead computer to access say their Bigpond Emails from another computer.

Not all free porgrams are money making scams and I use one on a daily basis to help keep clients computers running in a stable and as new condition as possible. I have installed it on probably 1000 PC's since 2002 and have never had a client screw it up yet. It is called Ccleaner. (Crap Cleaner) Available from CCleaner - Download This program checks and deletes such things as browser histories, temp files, empties your recycle bin, removes items from your Recent listing etc. It also has a Registry Cleaner which will find broken links with your Registery and either repoair or delete them as required.

Piriform has several free programs which do exactly as they advertise. Including a defrag (Defraggler) and file recovery programs (Recurva), again all of which are free.

To back up emails (Inbox, Sent emails etc), email accounts and address books all Outlook and outlook express programs have an Export function which will save these to a file. Do a Google search for your version of Outlook and print out the instructions.