For a while we’ve been using our fileserver as a torrent box. It runs Azureus 2.4.0 headless: without the über slow java GUI. To control it we use the very simple and elegant Azureus widget. This is also the reason it runs 2.4.0; it’s the only version working nicely with the widget.
This is great when you’re at home, but how to add torrents to the download queue when you’re not? Of course you can open your network and work with a web based interface, but it’s a security hazard and not everybody knows how dyndns works. This is how I fixed it: send e-mails with .torrent attachments to a dedicated e-mail address. Let Mail.app check this dedicated e-mail address every 5 minutes or so and when it detects a .torrent file, save it to the Azureus dropbox. After the break I’ll show you the Applescript code and the Mail.app rules.
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