Hello all,

I recently loaded my bitcoin client for the first time in a few months in order to receive some bitcoins. I sent the bitcoins about two hours ago and was surprised to find they still hadn't shown up in my bitcoin client. I deduced the reason is that it's still catching up - it says the last block received was generated 240 days ago and the catching up is going unbearably slowly. I remember it going a lot quicker the last time but for some reason it's going really slowly now - how can I speed it up without sabotaging the bitcoins I'm set to receive?

Thanks!