Obviously soon after it's release msgplsuslive will get put up on most of the popular torrent sites, but why doesn't Patchou spread it this way to begin with? Surely everyone in the world trying to download a 5kb file is a lot easier than downloading a several mb file which will probably be bigger than previous releases with all the great new features bound to be jam packed into it. It's just a suggestion, but I think having a torrent for live from the beginning will help everyone upgrade a lot quicker and easier and save some bandwidth Thanks for your hard work Patchou (Smilie)

i think that patchou wants the total amount of downloads and you dont need to worry about the servers

but it is a good idea

You could count the total amount of downloads from the server of the torrent, and ok but still it's a nice way to distribute the file and create a sense of commuinty about it.

Why a torrent. I mean torrents are known for viruses from people who don't know what they are doing

I'm sure there will be some unofficial torrents.

Just keep an eye on mininova and isohunt

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Why a torrent. I mean torrents are known for viruses from people who don't know what they are doing

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Yeah, but an offical one prevents what absorbation just said. If you have the torrent from msgplus then your guaranteed the same security from the regular file.

patchou probualy doesn't release it that way because how meny programs ar acutaly released via torrents?, in addition to the fact that patchou wants to keep the installation as simple as possable and not everybody knows what a torrent is, or how to use one

Well, i dont think a torrent is worth 5 megabytes...

Countless answers your questions NiteMare, countless! Options can be given, torrents for the super and.exes for the simple

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Well, i dont think a torrent is worth 5 megabytes...

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and of course, its difficult to update a torrent...

Because 80% of Messenger Plus!' users have no idea what bittorrent is in the first place or know how to install.

At this moment there is no reason to think the download server will go down under the load, it's not like autoupdate is instantly activated anyway. There isn't even a real reason for mirrors.

You'd have to find a reliable public tracker... I don't think there are many... =/

Setting up one dedicated to MP!L would probably take too long.

Anyway, I'm sure some trusted forum members will host mirrors on their own webspace, unless Patchou tells them not to...

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Because 80% of Messenger Plus!' users have no idea what bittorrent is in the first place or know how to install.

At this moment there is no reason to think the download server will go down under the load, it's not like autoupdate is instantly activated anyway. There isn't even a real reason for mirrors.

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Countless answers your questions NiteMare, countless! Options can be given, torrents for the super and.exes for the simple

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This was discussed when version 3.50 was released: Offical 3.50 Torrent.

As Patchou posted,

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I thank you for the idea but don't worry, the main msgplus.net server is more than capable of delivering the files for everybody, there's no need for other sources (that's also why there's no more official mirror page on msgplus.net except for simtel but that's another story ).

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Countless answers your questions NiteMare, countless! Options can be given, torrents for the super and.exes for the simple

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releaseing plus! is as a torrent is stupid, whats wrong with downloading it directly, its not like it will be smaller as a torrent, yoru still downloading the same sized file

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This was discussed when version 3.50 was released: Offical 3.50 Torrent.

As Patchou posted,

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Originally posted by Patchou
I thank you for the idea but don't worry, the main msgplus.net server is more than capable of delivering the files for everybody, there's no need for other sources (that's also why there's no more official mirror page on msgplus.net except for simtel but that's another story ).

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Originally posted by Tochjo
This was discussed when version 3.50 was released: Offical 3.50 Torrent.

As Patchou posted,

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I thank you for the idea but don't worry, the main msgplus.net server is more than capable of delivering the files for everybody, there's no need for other sources (that's also why there's no more official mirror page on msgplus.net except for simtel but that's another story ).

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Well, i dont think a torrent is worth 5 megabytes...

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It is to the dial up users and the ones who love torrents!

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Well, i dont think a torrent is worth 5 megabytes...

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It is to the dial up users and the ones who love torrents!

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Wait, how is it going to be better for dial-up users? if anything it will be slower for them....

Its probally not worth the effort for a 5MB file.

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A torrent is several kb in size and lets people pause the download, relax as they download and have the security of knowing... it's a torrent!

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A torrent is several kb in size and lets people pause the download, relax as they download and have the security of knowing... it's a torrent!

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that made me laugh, whats so nerve racking about downloading a file?

and since when have torrents been secure the magority of torrents are used for warez

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Tut tut, the use of a torrent does not make the actual thing itself unsecure. And the majority are not used for warez. The majority of files hosted on say eMule are warez, but bittorrent is a nicer fish! And thats what gives you the comfort

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Tada, you win! I just thought it would be fun to make a new one

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