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eMule Copyright (C)2002 Merkur (merkur-@users.sourceforge.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.
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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 intended.
Visit our forum for bugreports, feature requests, development or general dicussion.
If you have questions or serious problems, please read the FAQ first :)
The English FAQ can be found at: http://www.emule-project.net/en/viewforum.php?f=8
The German FAQ is here: http://www.emule-project.net/en/viewforum.php?f=21
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 here: http://www.emule-project.net/en/index.php
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:
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-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.
START:
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-Start emule.exe :)
-You can fetch a serverlist now to get started. Just go the "Servers" tab, enter
the URL and press "Update". The working serverlist URLs change rapidly,
so please look for one on the community pages mentionened below.
A collection of URLs can be found here: http://www.emule-project.net/en/viewtopic.php?t=1221
-Don't forget to connect to a server. You can also activate the "autoconnect on startup"
option to do it automatically after start.
CONFIGURATION:
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-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 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 95/98/ME ME (and 56k Modem/ISDN) users enter 50 here
-Windows NT / 2000 / XP users leave this at 500
-"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
-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:
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--"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 90K 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.has.it
And take a look here: http://www.emule-project.net/en/viewtopic.php?t=10361
--"What is the adresses.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)
--"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 files?"
File Type Extensions found
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Audio .mp3 .mp2 .mpc .wav .ogg .aac .mp4 .ape .au .wma
Video .avi .mpg .mpeg .ram .rm .vob .divx .mov .ogm .vivo
Program .exe .com
Archive .zip .rar .ace
CDImage .bin .cue .iso .nrg .ccd .sub .img
Picture .jpg .jpeg .bmp .gif .tif .png
COMPILING THE SOURCECODE:
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The sourcecode of eMule is availible as seperate download at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule
You need Microsoft(C) Visual C++ .NET (7.0) to compile eMule.
-Unzip the sources (with subdirs) into a new folder
-Open the emule.sln Visual Studio Solution
-Select "release" or "debug" build in the solution configuration manager
-Build the solution. That's it :)
-If the compile was successful, the emule.exe is either in the
\Debug or \Release directory
-When you build a debug dump version, you need the latest dbghelp.dll from
Microsoft to run the app
-IMPORTANT:
If you make modifications to eMule and you distribute the compiled version of your
build, be sure to obey the GPL license. You have to include the sourcecode, or make
it availible for download together with the binary version.
WWW LINKS:
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Official
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule (download your latest version of eMule here)
http://www.emule-project.net (FAQ, forum, news and more)
Related (we are not responsible for their contents)
http://www.esel-community.de (German eMule forum and news)
http://edonkey.bei.t-online.de (German forum, great hints and FAQ section)
http://www.thedonkeynetwork.com (news, statistics, serverlists and more)
MISC. STUFF:
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The eMule staff would like to thank the following (no particular order)
-Jed "swamp" McCaleb and MetaMachine for bringing the eDonkey network to life
-DrSiRiUs for the awesome artwork (splashscreen and icons)
-OCBmaurice & Stillman for the serverlists and more (www.thedonkeynetwork.com)
-many people who sent us code parts, useful bug reports and useful suggestions :)
STAFF:
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Who are the guys that sacrifice so much time to bring you this wonderful program?
-John aka. Unknown1 - Developer
-Ornis (ornis@web.de) - Developer
-Dirus - Developer
-Monk, Mr_Ozon and Sony666 - Testers
-Merkur (merkur-@users.sourceforge.net) - Master of the Mule
-Tecxx - Developer (retired)
-Pach2 - Developer (retired)
-Juanjo - Developer (retired)
LEGAL:
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eMule Copyright (C)2002 Merkur (merkur-@users.sourceforge.net)
eDonkey2000 (C)Jed McCaleb, MetaMachine (www.eDonkey2000.com)
Windows(TM), Windows 95(TM), Windows 98(TM), Windows ME(TM),
Windows NT(TM), Windows 2000(TM) and Windows XP(TM)
are Copyright (C)Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Goodbye and happy sharing ;)
...oops, anything not ok with this file?
write me (sony666@users.sourceforge.net) about it
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