The eDonkey [[client (computing)|client]] programs connect to the network to share files. eDonkey [[Server (computing)|server]]s act as communication hubs for the clients and allow users to locate files within the network. Clients and servers are available for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], and [[Linux]] and other [[Unix|UNIX]] variants. Anyone can add a server to the network. Because of constant changes to the server network, clients update their server lists regularly.
== History ==
In [[2004]], the eDonkey network overtook [[FastTrack]] to become the most widely used file sharing network on the Internet. While figures vary from hour to hour and day to day, it is thought, in mid-2005, to host on average approximately two to three million users sharing 500 million to two billion files via 100 to 200 servers. The network's most popular server was, at one time, [[Razorback2]], which usually hosted about 1 million users. Sometime around [[February 21]] [[2006]] the Razorback2 servers were raided and seized by the Federal Belgian Police.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4743052.stm News story about raid on large eDonkey server in EU] </ref> The Razorback2 server is no longer online. 'Donkey Server No. 2' and 'Donkey Server No. 1' currently combine for over a million users.
