Re: [OT] ? BitTorrent etiquete

[Ho Yin Ng <yahoogroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well at least upload as much as you dowloaded so that your ratio is 1 to 1.

But best if you can leave it running for as long as possible to help share.

It really just depends on how available you can make your computer.

Regards,

Ho yin

At 11:11 13/12/2004, you wrote:

>Sorry for another OT posting but looks as if everybody is still out
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>First question, I know BitTorrent is about sharing and not just taking
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>friendly level=85 What is appropriate ? I have one file that now has a
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>Second Question, My older seeds seem to have become dormant, is this
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>Nigel