eMule...........

eMule Copyright (C)2002-2006 Merkur (devteam at emule-project dot net) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to eMule, a filesharing client based on the eDonkey2000(C) network. Visit us at http://www.emule-project.net and http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule or the IRC chatroom, #emule on irc.emule-project.net Please remember that this is an early version, not all features are implemented yet, and not everything might work as expected. Visit our forum for bugreports, feature requests, development or general dicussion. If you have questions or serious problems, please read the FAQ first :) It can be found at www.emule-project.net. A small collection of questions is also discussed later in this document. If you didn't find an answer, SEARCH the forum for a topic related to your problem, DO NOT open a new topic at once, most likely someone else had the same problem before. The official Forum is also at http://www.emule-project.net Please use only English there, except for the language-specific sections. (PLEASE do not report bugs that are already posted by someone else, and keep the "Bug Reports", "Feature Requests" and "Development" sections clean and shiny) Would you like to donate to the eMule project? A PayPal link can be found on the portal page (www.emule-project.net) Thanks ;) INSTALLATION: ------------- -Unzip eMule to a directory of your choice, or start the installer if you downloaded the .exe installer version. -You can move your "Temp" and "Incoming" folders from eDonkey (or a previous version of eMule) to the new directory now, in order to continue your partial downloads. If you don't want to move your folders, you can set the "temp" and "incoming" path in the eMule preferences and restart it to get the same result. -Updating from an earlier version of eMule: The best way to do this is simply to download the .zip file (not the installer), and unzip the new emule.exe to your old emule directory, overwriting the previous one. CONFIGURATION: -------------- -Go to the "Preferences" tab -Enter a nice nickname ;) -Enter the "Download Capacity" and "Upload Capacity" according to your internet connection. All values in eMule are kiloBytes (KB), your Internet Service Provider's (ISP) numbers are most likely kiloBits (kB). 8 Bits make up 1 Byte, so when your Internet Connection is 768kB Downstrean and 128kB Upstrean (like German Telekom DSL), your correct values are: Downstrean: 768kB / 8 = 96KB, you enter 96 as "Download Capacity" Upstream: 128kB / 8 = 16 KB, you enter 16 as "Upload Capacity" The "capacity" values are used for the statistics display only. Nevertheless, you need to know them to determine the following down/upload limits: -Enter "Download Limit" and "Upload Limit" (IMPORTANT!) Download Limit: leave this at 0 (should eMule become too fast and you are unable to surf the Internet or whatever, reduce it to 80-90% of "Download Capacity") Upload Limit: set this to ~80% of your "Upload Capacity" (so when your Upload Capacity is 16, set Upload Limit to 12 or 13) Setting Upload Limit to a value < 10 will automatically reduce your Download Limit, so upload as fast as you can. NOTE: 56k Modem users: eMule only accepts integral values for these settings at the moment, you can't enter 2.6 or whatever your sweet-spot setting is, yet. Sorry :) Maybe later.. -"Maximum Connections": depends on your operating system. As a general rule... -Windows 98/ME (and 56k Modem/ISDN) users enter 50 here -Windows 2000/XP users should set this according to their Internet Connection. 250 is a good value for 128k upstream connection, for example. DO NOT set this too high. It will kill your upload and with that, your download. -"Maximum Sources per File": decide for yourself how many you want :) when you set this too high, your computer might slow down drastically or even crash. 500-1000 are good values for people with DSL/cable connection. -Choose the directories you want to share with other users. DO NOT SHARE YOUR COMPLETE HARDDISK! Put the stuff you want to share in a seperate Folder. If you share more than ~200 files, you should reconsider that... -The other options are pretty self-explaining. If you dunno what it does, don't touch it. FAQ: (for more, see http://www.emule-project.net/faq/ ) ---- --"Will I lose my credits when switching to a new version of eMule?" Not when move your old preferences.dat (your user ID) and clients.met (other people's credits) files to the directory you installed the new version in. The best way to update is just to replace your old emule.exe with the new one from the .zip download. --"Why is eMule so slow? My brother/friend/whatever is downloading at 100K constantly" When you did setup eMule properly, it's all about the availibility of the files you are downloading, a bit of luck and a lot of patience ;) --"Where can I get a new serverlist?" There are several lists availible. Some that I know of are: -http://www.thedonkeynetwork.com -http://ed2k.2x4u.de Note that those sites are not related to the eMule project, we are not responsible for their content. --"What is the addresses.dat file for?" You can enter a serverlist URL in that file. eMule will then get the serverlist from that URL at startup (when the option "Auto-update serverlist at startup" is activated) --"What is the staticservers.dat file good for?" You can enter your favorite servers here to have them permanently in your serverlist with high priority. You can enter the static IP of the server, or an adress like goodserver.dyndns.net. You can also add static servers to this file via the server tab in eMule (right-click -> add to static serverlist) --"Why do I always have a low ID (means: firewalled) ??? What can I do against that?" Look here: http://www.emule-project.net/faq/ports.htm --"How do I know whether my ID is high or low?" Look at the arrow in the bottom right corner, next to the server name you are connected to. When it's green, your ID is high. When it's orange, your ID is low. --"What does high and low ID mean anyway?" When your ID is high (green arrow), everything is fine :) When it's low (orange arrow), you are behind a firewall or router, and other clients can't connect to you directly (which is a bad thing). Plz read the FAQ or search the forums on how to configure your firewall/router for eMule. NOTE: you can also get a low ID when the server you connected to is too busy to answer properly, or simply badly configured. When you are sure your settings are ok and you SHOULD have a high ID, connect to antoher server. --"What is the difference between up/down CAPACITY and LIMIT?" The CAPACITY is used only by the statistcs tab to determine the vertical limits of the diagram. The LIMITS set the actual network traffic limits (see configuration notes). --"I'd like to search for specific file types, what filter stands for which f