user5179: I have about 0.027 BTC total, spread over 272 transactions.
Was going to send them to someone, and then the transaction fees hit me:  0.0245 BTC.  This agrees with the answer to this question -- (272 txns * 180 bytes each is 49 kBytes, or 0.0005 BTC per transaction).
Then I found out about the free transaction relay policy here, which looks like it will bring things down to a more reasonable 0.004 BTC.
I'm not understanding the mechanics of setting this up, though.  I can probably figure out how to do the following for the Eligius miner (I'm using the Bitcoin client with QT 4.8.3):
 Add the command-line parameter: -addnode=173.242.112.53

But the rest of the mechanics, I'm not sure.  Specifically:

How do I "broadcast the transaction to it"?  Can I do this within the Bitcoin client?
Does the person to whom I'm sending the BTC also need to add this same node?
Do I have to specify anything else within the transaction?

My goal would be to empty my wallet of all of these tiny transactions with this reduced fee.
Edit1: Is it possible to add node 173.242.112.53 using Electrum or one of the other clients?

user22: By simply adding addnode=68.168.105.168 to your bitcoin.conf file then any transaction you send will automatically be broadcast and eventually make it into a block. No one but you has to add this node and nothing special needs to be done beyond this one configuration.
Now it may be true that the bitcoin-qt client will not actually allow you to send a transaction that is against its own rules, I'm not sure as I've never tried, but if this is the case you will need a non-standard client which is another question entirely.
Note: May 2015, 68.168.105.168 is the only Eligius relay IP I can find that's active

5179: <p>I have about 0.027 BTC total, spread over 272 transactions.</p>

<p>Was going to send them to someone, and then the transaction fees hit me:  0.0245 BTC.  This agrees with the answer to <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1195/how-to-calculate-transaction-size-before-sending">this question</a> -- (272 txns * 180 bytes each is 49 kBytes, or 0.0005 BTC per transaction).</p>

<p>Then I found out about the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Free_transaction_relay_policy#See_Also" rel="nofollow noreferrer">free transaction relay policy</a> here, which looks like it will bring things down to a more reasonable 0.004 BTC.</p>

<p>I'm not understanding the mechanics of setting this up, though.  I can probably figure out how to do the following for the Eligius miner (I'm using the Bitcoin client with QT 4.8.3):</p>

<pre><code> Add the command-line parameter: -addnode=173.242.112.53
</code></pre>

<p>But the rest of the mechanics, I'm not sure.  Specifically:</p>

<ul>
<li>How do I "broadcast the transaction to it"?  Can I do this within the Bitcoin client?</li>
<li>Does the person to whom I'm sending the BTC also need to add this same node?</li>
<li>Do I have to specify anything else within the transaction?</li>
</ul>

<p>My goal would be to empty my wallet of all of these tiny transactions with this reduced fee.</p>

<p>Edit1: Is it possible to add node 173.242.112.53 using Electrum or one of the other clients?</p>
 22: <p>By simply adding <code>addnode=68.168.105.168</code> to your <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File" rel="nofollow">bitcoin.conf</a> file then any transaction you send will automatically be broadcast and eventually make it into a block. No one but you has to add this node and nothing special needs to be done beyond this one configuration.</p>

<p>Now it may be true that the bitcoin-qt client will not actually allow you to send a transaction that is against its own rules, I'm not sure as I've never tried, but if this is the case you will need a non-standard client which is another question entirely.</p>

<p>Note: May 2015, 68.168.105.168 is the only Eligius relay IP I can find that's active</p>
