Ladies and Gentlemen,

   Here's a neat little trick that you can
do with WinMX to ensure that you've not 
downloaded the same file twice or more. How
annoying!! Until WinMX(Frontcode Technologies)
does something to fix this problem it's a way 
to save bandwidth and your time/effort/money.

   1.) Share all files that you have already
downloaded. (Perhaps save them in a special
directory for reference.)

   2.) Connect to some popular OpenNap Servers 
in your Network list. (Note: you can use NapMX 
to get a list of up to date servers: download 
it at - http://napmx.darkservers.net Install it 
after the VBRun60sp5.exe file that it needs to 
work with Windows 9x/ME etc.)

   3.) Search for a file that is already in your
shared list that is unique and likely to be found 
quickly.

   4.) Add yourself from the search results to your
Hotlist then Browse the files that you are sharing
through the servers.

   - The files that you are downloading, but already
have shared, will show up on your Hotlist Browse of
yourself in YELLOW or BLUE - even if they're under
different names than what you have shared them as.

   5.) Delete them completely from your transfer 
list (or download directory) so that the incomplete 
files will be removed for the next time you're 
online sharing - avoiding accidentally restarting
the same download again.


   Hope this helps. Have fun downloading, share
plenty and fairly!

   Sincerely,

   C.H.M. - AKA WinMX Nick - PleaseAskMeToShare