- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN1123" id="AEN1123">5.3. I just added a
- new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?</a></h3>
-
- <p>If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will
- probably be held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be
- displayed without the need for any request to the server, and
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will not be involved. Flush
- the browser's caches, and then try again.</p>
-
- <p>If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you
- applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into <a href=
- "http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info" target=
- "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info</a> and see if it really
- matches your new rule. Blocking ads is like blocking spam: a lot of
- tinkering is required to stay ahead of the game. And remember you need
- to block the URL of the ad in question, which may be entirely different
- from the site URL itself. Most ads are hosted on different servers than
- the main site itself. If you right-click on the ad, you should be able
- to get all the relevant information you need. Alternately, you can find
- the correct URL by looking at <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> logs (you may need to enable logging in
- the main config file if its disabled).</p>
-
- <p>Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates
- with one requested URL: <tt class="LITERAL">www.example.com</tt> (name
- of site was changed for this example, the number of requests is real).
- You can see in this the complexity of what goes into making up this one
- <span class="QUOTE">"page"</span>. There are eight different domains
- involved here, with thirty two separate URLs requested in all, making
- up all manner of images, Shockwave Flash, JavaScript, CSS stylesheets,
- scripts, and other related content. Some of this content is obviously
- <span class="QUOTE">"good"</span> or <span class="QUOTE">"bad"</span>,
- but not all. Many of the more questionable looking requests, are going
- to outside domains that seem to be identifying themselves with
- suspicious looking names, making our job a little easier. <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has <span class="QUOTE">"crunched"</span>
- (meaning caught and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but
- perhaps missed a few as well.</p>
-
- <table class="c2" border="0" width="100%">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FLUSHIT" id="FLUSHIT">5.3. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still
+ getting through. How?</a></h3>
+ <p>If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be held in the browser's cache for
+ some time, so it will be displayed without the need for any request to the server, and <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will not be involved. Flush the browser's caches, and then try again.</p>
+ <p>If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you applied. Try pasting the full URL of the
+ offending ad into <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info" target=
+ "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info</a> and see if it really matches your new rule. Blocking ads is
+ like blocking spam: a lot of tinkering is required to stay ahead of the game. And remember you need to block the
+ URL of the ad in question, which may be entirely different from the site URL itself. Most ads are hosted on
+ different servers than the main site itself. If you right-click on the ad, you should be able to get all the
+ relevant information you need. Alternately, you can find the correct URL by looking at <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> logs (you may need to enable logging in the main config file if its disabled).</p>
+ <p>Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates with one requested URL: <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">www.example.com</tt> (name of site was changed for this example, the number of requests is real). You
+ can see in this the complexity of what goes into making up this one <span class="QUOTE">"page"</span>. There are
+ eight different domains involved here, with thirty two separate URLs requested in all, making up all manner of
+ images, Shockwave Flash, JavaScript, CSS stylesheets, scripts, and other related content. Some of this content is
+ obviously <span class="QUOTE">"good"</span> or <span class="QUOTE">"bad"</span>, but not all. Many of the more
+ questionable looking requests, are going to outside domains that seem to be identifying themselves with
+ suspicious looking names, making our job a little easier. <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has
+ <span class="QUOTE">"crunched"</span> (meaning caught and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but perhaps
+ missed a few as well.</p>
+ <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">