Steven9088 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) What is eMule?At dawn of May 13th 2002 a guy called Merkur was dissatisfied with the original eDonkey2000 client and was convinced he could do better. So he did. He gathered other developers around him, and eMule Project was born. Their aim was to put the client back on track where eDonkey had been famous before, adding tons of new features and a nice GUI. They couldn't imagine what impact this decision would have...As of today, eMule is one of the biggest and most reliable peer-to-peer file sharing clients around the world. Thanks to it's open source policy many developers are able to contribute to the project, making the network more efficient with each release.What does eMule mean?The name "eMule" comes from an animal called "Mule" which is somehow similar to a donkey How often is eMule updated?eMule is not updated regularly, but at the moment the frequencies are between 1 and 3 months. Don't take this for guaranteed. A list of a few features available. * Clients use several networks to create one reliable network. (ED2K, Source Exchange, Kad) o Kad is now in an open testphase, eMule v0.42 can be enabled to use Kad * eMule's Queue and Credit system helps to ensure that everyone will get the file he wants by promoting those that upload back to the network. * eMule is completely free. eMule is also completely free of any Adware, Spyware, and ect. We do this for fun and knowledge, not for money. * Each file checked for corruptions while downloading to ensure an error free file. * The eMules Intelligent Corruption Control helps to speed up the correction of corrupted parts. * Auto priorities and Source management allows you to start many downloads without having to monitor them. * The Preview function allows you to look at your Videos and Archives before they are completed. For video previewing, we recommend the Video Lan Client. * The eMule features webservices and a webserver that allows you to have quick access to and from the internet. * You can create categories for your download to organize them. * To find the file you want, eMule offers a wide range of search possibilities which include: Servers (Local, and Global), web based (Jigle, and Filedonkey), and Kad (Still in Alpha). * eMule also allows you to use very complex Boolean searches that make the searches much more flexible. * With the messaging and friend system, you can send messages to other Clients and add them as friends. In your friend list, you can always see if a friend is online. * With the build in IRC client, you can chat with other downloaders and chatters around the globe.---------------------------------------Change Log:------------------------------------------0.48a------------------------ May, 13. 2007 ------------------------.: Happy Birthday eMule smile.gif------------------------ May, 12. 2007 ------------------------.: Fixed some bugs in UPnP and changed the behavior for ADSL devices a bit.: Fixed a bug concerning double adding friends.: If Vista is running with Aero, eMule will enable Minimize to Tray on Minimize by default (can be changed in the display options)0.48a BETA2------------------------ May, 08. 2007 ------------------------Ornis: Changed to wizzard to set file proper file permission on installed config files.: Fixed another Bug in the SourceExchange, which caused eMule to not response to requests in certain cases [Xman1].: Sorting for cumulative stats in the sharedfiles list is now properly remembered when restarting eMule.: The "Disable UDP" and Enable "Kad" options now exclude eachother [leuk_he].: Fixed a bug in UPnP when the UDP port has been disabled by the user [leuk_he].: IRC optional serverports should work prorperly now.: Fixed a bug in IRC when receiving ed2k links from other users.: Added a excess flood protection for eMule IRC responses------------------------ May, 05. 2007 ------------------------.: The Spam indicator icon has been replaced [icon by Daan].: The first time wizzard is now using the proper ports when testing UPnP in case a user has changed the ports in the wizzard.: Fixed eMule (error-)handling for files whose paths exceed the operation system pathlength limit.: If eMule started the Windows UPnP Service but failed to forward ports via UPnP it will shutdown the service afterwards.: Added an option to disable smileys.: Fixed a small memleak in the smileyselector window0.48a BETA1------------------------ April, 29. 2007 ------------------------.: The "official" development environment for eMule has switched to VS2003 SP1. VS2002 is no longer supported (but should still compile fine)------------------------ April, 28. 2007 ------------------------.: Sorting in the ipfilter dialog has been fixed on Vista.: Tooltips now have the proper size on Vista.: All file related tooltips should look a bit nicer now (on all systems).: Added tooltips to the shared files list------------------------ April, 21. 2007 ------------------------.: Sparse files have been disabled on Vista, due to a faulty / limited Vista implementation of them, which cannot be worked arround by eMule------------------------ April, 15. 2007 ------------------------.: Added a spamfilter for search results. It mainly works by remembering files a user has marked as spam and marking fileswhich seems to be very similar as spam too..: Spam results are drawn gray and always put to the end of the list.: Spam results count max. 5 sources towards the 100 sources global search limit------------------------ April, 9. 2007 ------------------------.: The default paddingsize for obfuscated TCP connections has been increased to 128 bytes (from 16) in order to be harder detectable by size pattern matchings.: The paddinglength can be changed manually by adding "CryptTCPPaddingLength=[1-256]" into the eMule section in the preferences.ini------------------------ March, 12. 2007 ------------------------.: eMule now supports multi-user installations, which especially is supposed to fix the folder permission problems on VistaIn short: for Windows Versions before vista, nothing will change by default, on Vista eMule will use the current userspecific folders by defaultPlease consult the onlinehelp for a detailed explanation. The setting can be changed at the extended options.------------------------ March, 11. 2007 ------------------------.: On Vista the half-open connection limit is now properly set to 9 by default (instead of 50)------------------------ Feb, 20. 2007 ------------------------.: When using autoconnect on startup or pressing the Connect button while UPnP is still busy, eMule will wait for it to finishor timeout. You can enforce on isntant connect by clicking the button again------------------------ Feb, 18. 2007 ------------------------.: Added UPnP support [merged from Shareaza].: Added UPnP test button into the first time wizzard------------------------ Feb, 09. 2007 ------------------------Ornis: added Farsi translation [translated by Mory Abdi & Ali Mojarad].: The calculation of credits given for the first 9MB (less than one part) has been changed slightly to decrease the reward for clients who upload less than one part------------------------ Jan, 20. 2007 ------------------------.: Fixed a obfuscation related bug in the sourceexchange.: Changed the sourceexchange protocol to avoid backwards compatibility problems and bugs in the future.: Added support for multi-related files searches [serverside implementation by lugdunum]------------------------ Jan, 14. 2007 ------------------------.: Fixed crash in Statistics window.Ornis: added Valencian translation [translated by "Valencian"]Ornis: major update of Slovenian translation [Gusar]Ornis: label of category tabs are now displayed in category colorOrnis: return of the context menu on message tabs (Details, Add/Remove Friend, Close)------------------------ Jan, 5. 2007 ------------------------.: Prepared Kad for support of obfuscated packets. This is only passive in this version yet.------------------------ Dec, 13. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed memory leak in list controls [eklmn]------------------------ Dec, 12. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed performance problem with too large eD2K links and enabled 'Monitor Clipboard' option.------------------------ Dec, 9. 2006 ------------------------.: Several changes to make eMule work better under 640x480 resolutions.------------------------ Dec, 6. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed saving/restoring of size/position in collections dialogs..: Win98: Fixed missing volume labels and shell icons in directories property page's directory tree control..: Win98: Fixed not supported multiline tooltip in tray bar..: Win98/WinME: Fixed not supported toolbar customization..: Win98/WinME/Win2000: Fixed toolbar chevron..: Win98/WinME: Fixed vertical axis labels in statistics graphs..: Win98/WinME: Fixed saving/restoring of expanded sub trees in statistics tree..: Win98/WinME/Win2000: Fixed invisible buttons in transfers window..: Win98: Fixed bug with "ShowActiveDownloadsBold=1" setting in Transfers window.------------------------ Nov, 22. 2006 ------------------------.: Reduced long time memory usage for GUI..: eMule stores now hashs of filehashs in the cancelled.met for privacy reasons------------------------ Nov, 21. 2006 ------------------------.: Both windows in Transfere window are showing a toolbar to select the window contents.------------------------ Nov, 18. 2006 ------------------------.: Edit controls for Message and IRC window are using slightly larger fonts.------------------------ Nov, 17. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed bug in IRC window with nick change messages which were not always shown..: Fixed bug in IRC window with URL detection with special chars at end of URLs.------------------------ Nov, 15. 2006 ------------------------.: Minor visual improvements for IRC window and Message window text format buttons..: Multiline messages in Message and IRC chat windows are intended for improved readability..: Some visual improvements in Collection dialogs.------------------------ Nov, 12. 2006 ------------------------.: IRC channel filtering is performed on IRC server to reduce network load, the filter string now supports the wildcard character '*'. (e.g. "#emule-*" to match all channel names which start with "#emule-").: IRC window: Activity is now also shown for the 'Channels' window to give some response when user explicitly invoked the "/LIST" command..: IRC window: Nick list shows joined modes and names.------------------------ Nov, 11. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed a bug with single clicking on emule tray bar icon..: Fixed bug with requesting eMule friendship via IRC..: Changed: By default the IRC channel list will contain only eMule-Help channels..: Added: IRC server can optionally contain a port (seperated by ':' character).: Fixed bug with background color not reset in IRC colored messages..: Added title window for IRC channels.------------------------ Nov, 9. 2006 ------------------------.: Added smiley selector window to Message and IRC window.------------------------ Nov, 7. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed bug with not outputed IRC notice messages..: Fixed Message window splitter.------------------------ Nov, 6. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed IRC window splitter.------------------------ Nov, 5. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed bug with reversed sort orders for fresh emule installations..: Fixed bug with already used IRC nick when connecting..: Fixed bug with changing font size in IRC windows.------------------------ Nov, 1. 2006 ------------------------.: Added showing of smileys to Chat and IRC windows [smileys by Daan].: Reworked AutoScroll feature in all log and chat windows to automatically disable AutoScroll while viewing content not at the end of the window..: Fixed right click problem in IRC and chat windows..: Fixed some bugs in IRC color code handling..: Fixed bugs with black background color in IRC windows..: Skins: Fixed problems with foreground skin color in RichEdit controls..: Skins: All icons can be read from all file formats which are supported by GDI+ (GIF, PNG, ...)------------------------ Oct, 26. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed: "exit" command line option no longer starts eMule if it was not already running [DreamWalker].: Fixed edk2-URL handling for better support of copying URLs from webpages..: Fixed bug in file disk space statistics for pre-allocated files. [AnPapaSeiBua].: Fixed bugs in Comment dialog with copy to clipboard functions..: Fixed bug with "ed2k::<hash>" search expressions when combined with other search attributes. Note: "ed2k::<hash>" can still only be used in ED2K searches, not in Kad..: Fixed bug in local search result filter with changing column..: Fixed bug with Unicode strings in category properties..: Added optional drawing of filled graphs in Statistics window..: Several performance improvments and minor bug fixes in IRC module.------------------------ Sep, 23. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed a potential crash when shutting down eMule [DavidXanatos]------------------------ Sep, 21. 2006 ------------------------.: Added support for RealMedia files to 'Content' dialog (any optional available MediaInfoLib will no longer be used for RealMedia files)..: Added support for publishing meta data for RealMedia files..: Added several Kad optimizations to reduce overhead as well as memory usage:- Redundant meta data will no longer get published.- File format meta data is no longer published explicitly and handled special in search expressions.- Removed (currently not used) data from Hello packet.------------------------ Sep, 16. 2006 ------------------------.: Fixed bug with invisible text in search filter control for high contrast color scheme..: Taskbar Notifier: Added support for alpha channel background images..: Taskbar Notifier: Changes made to "notifier.ini" file while eMule is running are read automatically without needing to do a restart..: Added Unicode support for id3lib (Content dialog and metadata stored in Kad). 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muztagh 0 Report post Posted October 6, 2007 Download Page Click Here!Data Collected From eMule[dot]com I highly recommend to use emule over any other p2p transfer softwares.One advantage that emule offer is while downloading the files you can see and download the files in the share folder of a user.What does this mean, for example if you are planing to donload a programming book, while downloading you can easily see the collection of other peoples share folder, in most cases there are many other books in that folder you cannot find by searching, this will make you to find all the related files quickly and easily. It is like meeting a people with common interest and helping each other to complete your collection of certain kind of books, softwares. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
takashiro1405241549 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2007 There's really a great number of software and other resources which can't be found there. But The speed of Emule really need to be improved. The problem I care about the most is whether emule will badly damage my disk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2007 At first when seeing the topic title I thought "eMule? Sounds like a game console emulator". Then I noticed it was a p2p program. I'll have a try of it, sounds like a program with a very active team developing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethergeek 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2007 I'll only use eMule if I need to download something risky via Tor (think certain leaked things from Cisco, hehe) or if I can't find a torrent and I'm *desperate* for something.Torrents are way faster for downloading popular content. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PerHapsYouSeen 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2007 hix, why need to quote such a long change log ?Sometimes I download video clips and music from eMule, it's speed is not bad, but I can't download each file seperate, they're often wrap all into a unique rar file and I have to download the whole file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theSman 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 i use emule to download RARE files. because it has mostly rare files. and there is one more thing:To have eMule is good, but using it is bad. why?it has illegal stuff, like cracks, keygens etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyboy1405241557 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 Emule takes long times if you only are downloading one or two files, so itsn't good choice if you are downloading big things. But if you downloads much, many files at the same time, you will know how quick Emule is. Emule is best if you download things like movies, music, games and magasins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
