Lets start again:

HOW DO I SIMPLY GO ABOUT DOWNLOADING TORRENTS ON TO MY MAC?

answering comment;

(2): you do not need to set all your friends/contacts to send you torrents. ou can create a custom group for the account you create. Also bear in mind that for iChat this can be a free account as yout IM account does not runout after 30 days or whatever it is for .mac

So you can limit that to just yourself or the people you want.

(4) *
(5) *
(6) *
(8) **
(9) *
(10) Very good idea.
(11) Lot of people can browser the sites at work but the portsare blocked and they like having jobs : )
(14) torrentflux is not easyier for the non techy person. It requires much knowledge;
a mysql
b php
c staic ip or one of the alternatives.
(15) Also would do fine. I prefer the IM way cause I dont want my Mac Mini under the tv getting all my email.
(16) I use azerus only due to other reasons. It may not be the best but I have my reasons. Transmission is able to look at a folder at intervals for a torrent. goolge your question :)
(17) Good if not *
(18) see (14)

* wont work unless you use something like ssh tunneling to forward your ports to another machine if you are not in controll of the network.

** FolderShare (try it Free) humm therefore it cost money

On a final note simple is always the best for non technical users.

Jan 05, 2007 at 14:20 by gez
my solution is:

1) ssh to mac
2) cd /Downloads
3) wget http://the.torrent.file.i.want.to.download/file.torrent
4) open Applications/Bittorrent.App &

It’s just not starting the download. is there a way to make it check for new files? say every 1/2 hour?

Create a rule that activates when matching *all* of the following conditions:

From is: your e-mail address
Subject is: a secret passphrase
Attachment name contains: torrent

And get it to run a custom applescript to save the torrent to your torrent directory. set up transmission as above.

Suggested Applescript:
using terms from application “Mail”
on perform mail action with messages The_Messages
tell application “Mail” to repeat with this_message in The_Messages
set attachement_file to first mail attachment of this_message
set attachment_name to name of the first mail attachment of this_message
save attachement_file in “Users::Desktop:” & attachment_name
end repeat
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

And you’ll need to alter the save attachment path listed in the applescript which, to give proper credit, was listed here: http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?pid=72121