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->1. General Information</A
-></H1
+NAME="GENERAL">1. General Information</H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="NEWJB"
->1.1. What is this new version of <SPAN
+NAME="NEWJB">1.1. What is this new version of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
-></H3
+>?</H3
><P
> In the beginning, there was the
<A
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, whose first
- stable release, 3.0, is due in June 2002.</P
+ stable release, 3.0, was released August, 2002.
+ </P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN45"
->1.2. Why <SPAN
+NAME="AEN45">1.2. Why <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy"</SPAN
->? Why a name change at all?</A
-></H3
+>? Why a name change at all?</H3
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> is the
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"<I
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</I
+></SPAN
>"</SPAN
>. Also, its content
modification and junk suppression allow you to browse your
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"<I
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>private</I
+></SPAN
> edition"</SPAN
> of the web.</P
><P
><P
> The developers also believed that there are so many changes from the original
code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
- a name in their own right, especially now with the pending
- release of version 3.0.</P
+ a name in their own right.</P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="DIFFERS"
->1.3. How does <SPAN
+NAME="DIFFERS">1.3. How does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> differ
from the old <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster?</SPAN
-></A
></H3
><P
> <SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="PROXYMORON"
->1.4. What is a <SPAN
+NAME="PROXYMORON">1.4. What is a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"proxy"</SPAN
>? How does
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> work?</A
-></H3
+> work?</H3
><P
> A web proxy is a service, based on a software such as <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="WHATSANAD"
->1.5. How does <SPAN
+NAME="WHATSANAD">1.5. How does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> know what is
-an ad, and what is not?</A
-></H3
+an ad, and what is not?</H3
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>'s approach to blocking ads is twofold:</P
><P
-> First, there are certain patterns in the <I
+> First, there are certain patterns in the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>locations</I
+></SPAN
> (URLs)
of banner images. This applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many
web sites serve their banners from a directory called <SPAN
patterns</A
> to sort out and block the requests for banners.</P
><P
-> Second, banners tend to come in certain <I
+> Second, banners tend to come in certain <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>sizes</I
+></SPAN
>. But you
can't tell the size of an image by its URL without downloading it, and if you
do, it's too late to save bandwidth. Therefore, <SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN136"
->1.6. Can <SPAN
+NAME="AEN136">1.6. Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> make mistakes?
-This does not sound very scientific.</A
-></H3
+This does not sound very scientific.</H3
><P
> Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to have a broad
rule accidentally block or change something by mistake. There is a good chance
includes tools to help identify these types of situations so they can be
addressed as needed, allowing you to customize your installation.
(<A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN737"
+HREF="trouble.html#BADSITE"
>See the Troubleshooting section below</A
>.)</P
></DIV
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="BROWSERS2"
->1.7. My browser does the same things as
+NAME="BROWSERS2">1.7. My browser does the same things as
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> at all?</A
-></H3
+> at all?</H3
><P
-> Modern browsers do indeed have <I
+> Modern browsers do indeed have <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>some</I
+></SPAN
> of the same
functionality as <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="LICENSE"
->1.8. Is there is a license or fee? What about a
-warranty? Registration?</A
-></H3
+NAME="LICENSE">1.8. Is there is a license or fee? What about a
+warranty? Registration?</H3
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
that should be included.
</P
><P
-> There is <I
+> There is <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>no warranty</I
+></SPAN
> of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise.
That is something that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> really is <I
+> really is <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>free</I
+></SPAN
>
in every respect!
</P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="JOINTEAM"
->1.9. I would like to help you, what do I do?</A
-></H3
+NAME="JOINTEAM">1.9. I would like to help you, what do I do?</H3
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H4
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
-NAME="JOINTEAM-MONEY"
->1.9.1. Money Money Money</A
-></H4
+NAME="JOINTEAM-MONEY">1.9.1. Money Money Money</H4
><P
> We, of course, welcome donations and could use money for domain registering,
buying software to test <SPAN
><H4
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
-NAME="JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE"
->1.9.2. Software</A
-></H4
+NAME="JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE">1.9.2. Software</H4
><P
> If you are a vendor of a web-related software like a browser, web server
or proxy, and would like us to ensure that <SPAN
><H4
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
-NAME="JOINTEAM-WORK"
->1.9.3. You want to work with us?</A
-></H4
+NAME="JOINTEAM-WORK">1.9.3. You want to work with us?</H4
><P
> Well, helping the team is always a good idea. We welcome new developers,
packaging gurus or documentation writers. Simply <A
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