Arrrgh what am I doing wrong?

I'm a very casual sailor, and not very tech savvy, but I've torrented and used magnet links in the past with no issues.

I found the file I'm looking for. But things have changed. The site I used doesn't provide magnets anymore, only Rapidgator links (split into 5 rar files, this is going to take me days) for direct downloads .

Every other link I found sends me to torrent trackers I need to create an account for, such as RuTracker. Which I tried, and with different emails, (brand new emails) yet every time I get rejected. Why? What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wait a couple of hours after creating the account? Are the sites not accepting registrations anymore?

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Does the site you use have the file hash listed?? If so you can use a hash to magnet generator, just google that and you'll get plenty of hits.

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- Ohh I didn't know! I'll try that, thanks!
  
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Rutracker is very specific in what emails it allows. Emails on my custom domain were already banned, I think they have a whitelist of email domains. I just ended up using my Gmail address, but yeah if you have a protonmail or own domain address I'm guessing you won't have much success. You also might need to click the email validation link that ends up in spam.

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- Tutanota and mailbox.org work with Rutracker
  
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  I tried tutanota and didn't. Sorry for the late reply
  
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Finding sources for some things can be tricky and is quite a case by case situation. If you aren't sailing much lately take a look at the megathread if you haven't already for updated resources and tips.

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Same issue with that tracker.

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- Well, that's good to know... Gives me hopes the problem is not on my end
  
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  Try another tracker like 1337x or even better try to get in some private trackers. Alternatively get usenet (paid service)
  
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