eMule Copyright (C)2002 Merkur (merkur-@users.sourceforge.net)


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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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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 expected.

Visit our forum for bugreports, feature requests, development or general dicussion.


If you have questions or serious problems, please read the FAQ first :)
It can be found at www.emule-project.net.
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 also at http://www.emule-project.net
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.

-Updating from an earlier version of eMUle:
 The best way to do this is simply to download the .zip file (not the installer),
 and unzip the new emule.exe to your old emule directory, overwriting the previous one.


START:
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-You must download 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 nice and reliable serverlist can be found at http://ed2k.2x4u.de
 Note that this site is not related to the eMule team, and we are not responsible
 for it's content.

-Don't forget to connect to a server. You can also activate the "autoconnect on startup"
 option (preferneces -> connection) 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 12 or 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 98/ME (and 56k Modem/ISDN) users enter 50 here
  -Windows 2000/XP users should set this according to their Internet Connection.
   250 is a good value for 128k upstream connection, for example.
   DO NOT set this too high, it will kill your upload and with that, your download.

-"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.
  500-1000 are good values for people with DSL/cable connection.

-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: (for more, see http://www.emule-project.net/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 100K 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.2x4u.de
 Note that those sites are not related to the eMule project, we are not responsible for their content.



--"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)


--"Why do I always have a low ID (means: firewalled) ??? What can I do against that?"

 Look here: http://www.emule-project.net/faq/ports.htm



--"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 .flac
 Video		.avi .mpg .mpeg .ram .rm .vob .divx .mov .ogm .vivo
 Program	.exe .com
 Archive	.zip .rar .ace
 CD-Image	.bin .cue .iso .nrg .ccd .sub .img .bwt .bwi .bwa .bws .mdf .mds
 Picture	.jpg .jpeg .bmp .gif .tif .png



--"What are all those fancy colors in the download progress bar about?"

 Each download in the the Transfer tab has a coloured bar to show current
 file availability and progress.

 -Black shows the parts of the file you already have
 -Red indicates a part missing in all known sources
 -Different shades of blue represent the availability of this part in the
  sources. The darker the blue is the higher the availability
 -Yellow denotes a part being downloaded
 -The green bar on top shows the total download progress of this file

 If you expand the download you see its sources with the corresponding
 bar. Here the colours have a slightly different meaning:

 -Black shows parts you are still missing
 -Silver stands for parts this source is also missing
 -Green indicates parts you already have
 -Yellow denotes a part being uploaded to you

 Learning how the progress bar works will greatly help your understanding
 of the eDonkey2000 network.



--"What do the "QR: xxxx" numbers mean that I see when I look at my sources?"

 QR stands for "Queue Rank" and it is your current position in this source's queue.

 Obviously, a lower value is better :)
 If the source is an eMule client and there is no QR number, it's likely that it's
 queue is full and cannot accept more clients.




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.




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 - retired, we miss you :)
-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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