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Obviously soon after it's release msgplsus 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. It's just a suggestion, but I think having a torrent for 3.50 from the beginning will help everyone upgrade a lot quicker and easier. Thanks for your hard work Patchou

you still have to download a several MB file

Is it really to much trouble just to visit the main site and download it? It'll spread to other sources sooner or later anyway...

It will, but not quick enough, and the downloads will be damn slow and stretch poor Patchous server. Torrents are the future accept it

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Originally posted by mattm591
Obviously soon after it's release msgplsus 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. It's just a suggestion, but I think having a torrent for 3.50 from the beginning will help everyone upgrade a lot quicker and easier. Thanks for your hard work Patchou

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It is always recommended to download MsgPlus from the main site to prevent tampered Plus!.

That might be a cool idea... the only issue that comes to mind is: what tracker to use?

There are some free & open ones, but in my experience, they are often slow and unreliable. Also, it's probably a little too late to start setting up our own tracker.

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Originally posted by spokes
you still have to download a several MB file

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But not from msgplus.net. You download it from your peers (P2P).

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Originally posted by thekid
It is always recommended to download MsgPlus from the main site to prevent tampered Plus!.

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BitTorrent has very good integrity checking. The only thing to worry about is where you got the .torrent file from, and who made it. Someone like me could make it...

The tracker a torrent site I will not mention in case it's against rules uses is great (http://tracker.prq.to/announce). As for thekid thats why you want it from Patchou.. not just offa some random site.

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Originally posted by mattm591
http://tracker.prq.to/announce

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That's the most popular one, and it's pretty unreliable. You often can't connect right away and it can be quite frustrating.

How about PiratesofUK?

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Originally posted by mattm591
Torrents are the future accept it

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torrents are the past, they are (slow), insecure and will probably disapear soon, due to MPAA and RIAA

And for the tracker, maybe there's a good one listed on http://thebeehive.info