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+NAME="AEN1081"
>5.1. I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
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-NAME="AEN1087"
+NAME="AEN1104"
>5.3. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
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-NAME="OSXIE"
->5.7. In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+NAME="MACOSXIE"
+>5.7. In Mac OS X, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.</A
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><A
-NAME="OSXUNINSTALL"
->5.8. In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
- uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+NAME="MACOSXUNINSTALL"
+>5.8. In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
empty the trash.</A
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+> Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
+ </P
+><P
> Just dragging the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> folder to the trash is
- not enough to delete it. <SPAN
+ not enough to delete it. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> supplies an
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>uninstall.command</SPAN
> file that takes care of
- these details. Open the trash, drag the <SPAN
+ these details. Open the trash, drag the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>uninstall.command</SPAN
>
- file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
+ file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
confirmation and the administration password.
</P
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><A
-NAME="OSXIMAGES"
->5.9. In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+NAME="MACOSXIMAGES"
+>5.9. In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
> as my browser's proxy setting.</A
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><P
-> We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in OSX, but don't fully
+> We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in Mac OS X, but don't fully
understand the issue yet. In any case, changing the proxy setting to
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
file. If this file has been changed from the original, try reverting it to
see if that helps. Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system,
that they resolve both ways.</P
+><P
+> You should also be able to work around the problem with the
+ <A
+HREF="../user-manual/config.html#HOSTNAME"
+TARGET="_top"
+>hostname option</A
+>.</P
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>Privoxy</SPAN
>
merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then later reports
- whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent message if there seems
+ whatever the outcome was and tries to give a coherent message if there seems
to be a problem. In some cases, this might otherwise be mitigated by the
browser itself which might try some work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g
adding <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"www."</SPAN
-> to the URL). In other cases, if
- <SPAN
+> to the URL).</P
+><P
+> In other cases, if <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> is being chained with another proxy, this
- could complicate the issue, and cause undue
+> is being chained
+ with another proxy, this could complicate the issue, and cause undue
delays and timeouts. In the case of a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"socks4a"</SPAN
> which is reporting whatever problem occurred
downstream, and not the root cause of the error.</P
><P
-> In any case, newer versions include various improvements to help
+> In any case, versions newer than 3.0.3 include various improvements to help
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>Privoxy's</SPAN
> page filtering
mechanism is trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes
- very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
- solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
- <TT
+ very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete.</P
+><P
+> Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages,
+ particularly the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>js-annoyances</TT
-> and <TT
+> and
+ <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>unsolicited-popups</TT
->
- filters.</P
+> filters. If you run into this problem
+ with a recent <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> version, please send a problem report.</P
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it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent interaction of software
components such as anti-virus software, spyware protectors, personal
firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or uninstalling) these one
- at a time and see if that helps.</P
+ at a time and see if that helps. Either way, if you are using a
+ recent <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> version, please report the problem.</P
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>prevent-compression</A
>.</P
+><P
+> As of <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> 3.0.9, zlib support is enabled in the default builds.</P
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