[DECtalk] Hosting torrent

[Jayson Smith]

Hello,

     A tracker is required for all torrents, all of the time, as far as I 
know. The .torrent file is nothing but a list of files, their error checking 
data, and information about the tracker. The tracker coordinates all 
activities. Everybody connects to the tracker at first. The tracker helps 
people who have parts of the archive get in touch with others who need those 
parts, etc. In other words, no tracker, no torrent.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Talksina" <talksina at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Hosting torrent


> Tony, hi. Just to say that there is also mininova.org, as a tracker.
> And that there is a solution for captcha's.
> It's called WebVisum, www.webvisum.com it's an extension for firefox
> 3, which is the solution, for the moment; contact me off list if you
> need some further information about it as I do not want to go off
> topic.
> But, talking about torrents and trackers,
> The tracker is, I suppose, to share your content with the masses. With
> big public, I mean. I can host the torrent on my web site if you want.
> Not the entire archive, but the .torrent file. I don't think a tracker
> is needed, for now. If you want to do an experiment, I am here you
> could just send the .torrent file to me off list and I'll put it
> inside my web space, then share the link here.
> So, people download the torrent and begin downloading as you are the
> only seed for now, then, when others complete, if they wish, can
> become seeds too; I give my availability to become a seed after my
> holidays, that is, after 1st September that I come back home.
> The only trouble could be time zone, as my time is at least 4 or 5
> hours later, or even more, so I am not on line often, I have not the
> computer always active for 24 hours.
> Tony if you don't mind me to help, I am here.
> The important thing could be me to get the entire archive (I would
> like to), then I can be the second seed
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