stopping bittorrent

Anton Markov anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Sun May 2 15:19:01 UTC 2004


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Mel Seder wrote:
> Once my download is done can I terminate my program even though other
> bittorrent users may be downloading from me?

Of course you can, but it would be very nice if you didn't and let other
people download from you for as long as you can. Once you download the
whole file, you become a "seeder". If everyone logs off right away after
finishing the download, then there would be no seeders, and the torrent
you stop.

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Anton Markov <("anton" + "@" + "truxtar" + "." + "com")>

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