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- Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
See LICENSE.
Based partially on the Internet Junkbuster FAQ originally written by and
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that is intended to be saved to disk, then any content that might have been
altered by filtering, will be saved too, for these (probably rare) cases.
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that versions later than 3.0.2 do NOT filter document types of
+ <quote>text/plain</quote>. Prior to this, <application>Privoxy</application>
+ did filter this document type.
+</para>
<para>
In short, filtering is <quote>ON</quote> if a) the Document Type as reported
by the webserver is appropriate <emphasis>and</emphasis> b) the configuration
particularly if the content is source code, or other critical content. Source
code sometimes might be mistaken for Javascript (i.e. the kind that might
open a pop-up window). It is recommended to turn off filtering for download
- sites (particularly if the content may be plain text files) in your
- <filename>user.action</filename> file. And also, for any site or page where
- making <emphasis>any</emphasis> changes at all to the content is to be
- avoided.
+ sites (particularly if the content may be plain text files and you are using
+ version 3.0.2 or earlier) in your <filename>user.action</filename> file. And
+ also, for any site or page where making <emphasis>any</emphasis> changes at
+ all to the content is to be avoided.
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP
<title>I just downloaded a Perl script, and <application>Privoxy</application>
altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</title>
<para>
- Your present configuration! Please read above.
+ Please read above.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
Typically, this would be considered a system configuration error. It is not a
fatal error to <application>Privoxy</application> however, but may result in
- a slower response from <application>Privoxy</application> due to DNS
+ a much slower response from <application>Privoxy</application> due to DNS
timeouts.
</para>
</sect2>
error message <quote>port 8118 is already in use</quote> (or similar wording).
Why?</title>
<para>
- Port 8118 is <application>Privoxy's</application> default
+ Port 8118 is <application>Privoxy's</application> default TCP
<quote>listening</quote> port. Typically this message would mean that there
is already one instance of <application>Privoxy</application> running, and
you are actually trying to start a second <application>Privoxy</application>
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+Revision 1.61.2.38 2003/12/10 03:39:45 hal9
+Added FAQs for: demoronizer, related problems and why its included. Also,
+port 8118 already in use questions, and PrivoxyWindowOpen() questions. All in
+troubleshooting section.
+
Revision 1.61.2.37 2003/10/17 11:01:50 oes
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