Author Topic: Addiing User to hotlist (Read 1215 times)

whitefox723 · « **on:** January 01, 2009, 02:15:28 pm »

Hi Out There

Happy New Year to all.Does anyone know how to add a user permanently to a Hotlist?

Cheers

Stevi · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2009, 03:50:25 pm »

You cannot add a username permanently to the hotlist because usernames change all the time.

whitefox723 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2009, 08:53:50 pm »

but my user name hasn't changed in 2 years and you used to be able to do it,i added a guy to my hotlist last week and it flashed up tonight when he was online so i could auto browse him

wonderer · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2009, 06:11:34 am »

The WinMx username exists of two parts, the nickname and the wpn-id.
The nickname is the part you can change yourself and will not change unless you choose to do so, the wpn id however changes whenever you reconnect to the wpn which means if you state your username has not changed in two years and you think your id has not changed either you are connected to the wpn for 2 years without any interuption which will make you about the 10th world wonder.

If you add a user to your temporary hotlist and keep winmx running, the same user will be recognized even if his wpn-id has changed.
And as the name tells you, it is a temporary hotlist, adding something permanent to a temporary list .... sounds a bit useless to me.

greetz

nylly444 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2009, 12:12:15 pm »

Adding a user to your hotlist permanently works for OpenNap, not for the WPN (winmx Peer Network).

On OpenNap you connect to a server which is able to identify you - whereas the wpn is decentralised,
meaning you connect to whichever node the cache sends you to randomly.