Re: CoCo torrent?

Rob Rosenbrock via Coco <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:45:45 -0400
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<html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi=
v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D=
"auto">I would recommend breaking files up into groups. Documents broken dow=
n to magazines, tech references, manuals=E2=80=A6 programs down to utilities=
, games, etc. no point in grabbing all of those magazines or games if you=E2=
=80=99re not interested in them atm&nbsp;<div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginning=
OfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
<blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 2, 2026, at 12:18=E2=80=AFPM, Allen Huffman=
 via Coco &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div=
><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D"con=
tent-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><div>On Jun 2, 2026, at 11:13=E2=80=AFAM, RETRO Innovations via Coco &l=
t;[email protected]&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-n=
ewline"><div><meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><p style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f=
ont-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-cap=
s: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align:=
 start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows:=
 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line:=
 none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;">Setti=
ng up the server is easy (<a href=3D"https://forgejo.org/">Forgejo =E2=80=93=
 Beyond coding. We forge.</a>, for example) but we should first get a list o=
f the sites we want to do this with, and see how the maintainers feel about i=
t.&nbsp; For example:</p><ul style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family=
: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;=
 font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; te=
xt-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-s=
pacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; tex=
t-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><li>If a site m=
aintainer does NOT want their site mirrored, how do we respond?</li><li>If t=
hey do, it would be best if they push their changes into the repo directly, a=
s an admin, and then their site just pulls from the repo like everything els=
e.</li><li>Or, maybe they want to host their repo, for control reasons, and w=
e can all point to it.</li></ul></div></blockquote></div>One concern I have i=
s when someone grabs =E2=80=9Ceverything=E2=80=9D from the coco archive. Tha=
t=E2=80=99s &nbsp;huge drain on that server=E2=80=99s bandwidth. I=E2=80=99v=
e been posting websites since the late 90s, so I=E2=80=99ve never had any co=
ncerns about bandwidth because I=E2=80=99ve always had a ton of it for all t=
he sites I hosted=E2=80=A6<div><br></div><div>But if it is not an =E2=80=9Cu=
nlimited=E2=80=9D bandwidth account, moving to a torrent would spread out th=
e downloads. That was my original idea =E2=80=94 how to mirror without havin=
g a bunch of people hit the site.</div><div><br></div><div>If we did go the w=
ay of sync, that means if 100 of us wanted =E2=80=9Call the files=E2=80=9D t=
hat is 100 downloads of everything from that server. Foreign bots took my si=
te down (Cloudflare is now there) which made me aware of this issue for the f=
irst time.</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"=
white-space:pre">		</span>=E2=80=94 A</div><div><br></div><spa=
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