.gitignore

@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ src/dist
 src/.project
 src/.pydevproject
 src/.settings/
-*.dll
+src/**/.dll
+src/**/*.o
+src/**/*.so

src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -2400,6 +2400,10 @@ class MyForm(settingsmixin.SMainWindow):
             except:
                 QMessageBox.about(self, _translate("MainWindow", "Number needed"), _translate(
                     "MainWindow", "Your maximum download and upload rate must be numbers. Ignoring what you typed."))
+
+            BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections', str(
+                int(float(self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.text()))))
+
             throttle.SendThrottle().resetLimit()
             throttle.ReceiveThrottle().resetLimit()
 
@@ -4108,6 +4112,8 @@ class settingsDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
             BMConfigParser().get('bitmessagesettings', 'maxdownloadrate')))
         self.ui.lineEditMaxUploadRate.setText(str(
             BMConfigParser().get('bitmessagesettings', 'maxuploadrate')))
+        self.ui.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.setText(str(
+            BMConfigParser().get('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections')))
 
         # Demanded difficulty tab
         self.ui.lineEditTotalDifficulty.setText(str((float(BMConfigParser().getint(

src/bitmessageqt/settings.py

@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ class Ui_settingsDialog(object):
         self.lineEditMaxUploadRate.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(60, 16777215))
         self.lineEditMaxUploadRate.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditMaxUploadRate"))
         self.gridLayout_9.addWidget(self.lineEditMaxUploadRate, 1, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.label_26 = QtGui.QLabel(self.groupBox_3)
+        self.label_26.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_26"))
+        self.gridLayout_9.addWidget(self.label_26, 2, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.groupBox_3)
+        sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Fixed, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Fixed)
+        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+        self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(60, 16777215))
+        self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditMaxOutboundConnections"))
+        self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections.setValidator(QtGui.QIntValidator(0, 4096, self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections))
+        self.gridLayout_9.addWidget(self.lineEditMaxOutboundConnections, 2, 2, 1, 1)
         self.gridLayout_4.addWidget(self.groupBox_3, 2, 0, 1, 1)
         self.groupBox_2 = QtGui.QGroupBox(self.tabNetworkSettings)
         self.groupBox_2.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("groupBox_2"))
@@ -459,6 +472,7 @@ class Ui_settingsDialog(object):
         self.groupBox_3.setTitle(_translate("settingsDialog", "Bandwidth limit", None))
         self.label_24.setText(_translate("settingsDialog", "Maximum download rate (kB/s): [0: unlimited]", None))
         self.label_25.setText(_translate("settingsDialog", "Maximum upload rate (kB/s): [0: unlimited]", None))
+        self.label_26.setText(_translate("settingsDialog", "Maximum outbound connections: [0: none]", None))
         self.groupBox_2.setTitle(_translate("settingsDialog", "Proxy server / Tor", None))
         self.label_2.setText(_translate("settingsDialog", "Type:", None))
         self.label_3.setText(_translate("settingsDialog", "Server hostname:", None))

src/bitmessageqt/settings.ui

@@ -317,6 +317,29 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="2" column="1">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_26">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Maximum outbound connections: [0: none]</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="2">
+           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditMaxOutboundConnections">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximumSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>60</width>
+              <height>16777215</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>

src/class_outgoingSynSender.py

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class outgoingSynSender(threading.Thread, StoppableThread):
             self.stop.wait(2)
         while BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean('bitmessagesettings', 'sendoutgoingconnections') and not self._stopped:
             self.name = "outgoingSynSender"
-            maximumConnections = 1 if state.trustedPeer else 8 # maximum number of outgoing connections = 8
+            maximumConnections = 1 if state.trustedPeer else BMConfigParser().safeGetInt('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections')
             while len(self.selfInitiatedConnections[self.streamNumber]) >= maximumConnections and not self._stopped:
                 self.stop.wait(10)
             if state.shutdown:

src/class_sqlThread.py

@@ -434,6 +434,16 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'smtpdeliver', '')
         if not BMConfigParser().has_option('bitmessagesettings', 'hidetrayconnectionnotifications'):
             BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'hidetrayconnectionnotifications', 'false')
+        if BMConfigParser().has_option('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections'):
+            try:
+                if BMConfigParser().getint('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections') < 1: raise ValueError
+            except ValueError as err:
+                BMConfigParser().remove_option('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections')
+                logger.error('Your maximum outbound connections must be a number.')
+        if not BMConfigParser().has_option('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections'):
+            logger.info('Setting maximum outbound connections to 8.')
+            BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections', '8')
+
         BMConfigParser().save()
         
         # Are you hoping to add a new option to the keys.dat file of existing

src/helper_startup.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def loadConfig():
         BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'replybelow', 'False')
         BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxdownloadrate', '0')
         BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxuploadrate', '0')
+        BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxoutboundconnections', '8')
         BMConfigParser().set('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl', '367200')
         
          #start:UI setting to stop trying to send messages after X days/months