yes, amule works in the same way like emule - > you connect to a ed2k server (like emule does) , you search for a file (like emule does) or add a file from web to your download (like emule does), and amule (like emule) will download it.
the network is the same and can be used by all donkey and *mule clients.
if you know emule then you'll don't have any problems while using amule
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