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Old 08-30-2014, 02:55 AM   #14
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Huge Requests to Metadata Servers

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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
Hitting cover or metadata servers with huge number of requests is A NOT NICE practice to do to someone who provides us with free access to their metadata.

We have been blocked before for overwhelming servers that were simply intended for human users.

IMHO limit requests (20-30 at a time), there are millions of other Calibre users that need access to that metadata
Whoa! Had absolutely no idea about this. (Not that I make more than 6-8 requests at at time.) Good to know. Sometimes these things aren't obvious to the newbies.
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