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  74 NAME="CONTACT"
  75 >6. Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
  76 Requests</A
  77 ></H1
  78 ><P
  79 > We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please
  80  note:
  81
  82  <P
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  84 ><UL
  85 ><LI
  86 ><P
  87 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
  88 >&nbsp;Use&nbsp;the&nbsp;Sourceforge&nbsp;Support&nbsp;Forum&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;help:<br>
  89 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
  90 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
  91 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118"
  92 TARGET="_top"
  93 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118</A
  94 ><br>
  95 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P
  96 ></LI
  97 ><LI
  98 ><P
  99 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 100 >&nbsp;Submit&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;only&nbsp;through&nbsp;our&nbsp;Sourceforge&nbsp;Bug&nbsp;Forum:<br>
 101 &nbsp;<br>
 102 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
 103 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118"
 104 TARGET="_top"
 105 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=111118</A
 106 >.&nbsp;<br>
 107 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P
 108 ><P
 109 >   Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted.  Please try to
 110    verify that it is a <SPAN
 111 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 112 >Privoxy</SPAN
 113 > bug, and not a
 114    browser or site bug first. If you are using your own custom configuration,
 115    please try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration
 116    related bug.  And if not using the latest development snapshot, please try
 117    the latest one. Or even better, CVS sources. Please be sure to include the
 118    <SPAN
 119 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 120 >Privoxy</SPAN
 121 >/<SPAN
 122 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 123 >Junkbuster</SPAN
 124 >
 125    version, platform, browser, any pertinent log data, any other relevant
 126    details (please be specific) and, if possible, some way to reproduce the
 127    bug.
 128   </P
 129 ></LI
 130 ><LI
 131 ><P
 132 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 133 >&nbsp;Submit&nbsp;feature&nbsp;requests&nbsp;only&nbsp;through&nbsp;our&nbsp;Sourceforge&nbsp;feature&nbsp;request&nbsp;forum:<br>
 134 &nbsp;<br>
 135 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
 136 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse"
 137 TARGET="_top"
 138 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&#38;group_id=11118&#38;func=browse</A
 139 >.<br>
 140 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P
 141 ></LI
 142 ><LI
 143 ><P
 144 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 145 >&nbsp;Submit&nbsp;missed&nbsp;ads&nbsp;and&nbsp;banners,&nbsp;and&nbsp;incorrectly&nbsp;blocked&nbsp;images,&nbsp;popups,&nbsp;etc:<br>
 146 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
 147 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
 148 HREF="http://p.p/"
 149 TARGET="_top"
 150 >http://p.p/</A
 151 >,&nbsp;and&nbsp;select&nbsp;<A
 152 HREF="javascript:w=Math.floor(screen.width/2);h=Math.floor(screen.height*0.9);void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','screenx='+w+',width='+w+',height='+h+',scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
 153 TARGET="_top"
 154 ><SPAN
 155 CLASS="QUOTE"
 156 >"actions file feedback system"</SPAN
 157 ></A
 158 ><br>
 159 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P
 160 ><P
 161 >    This page can also be reached from many of the internal CGI pages.
 162    </P
 163 ></LI
 164 ><LI
 165 ><P
 166 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 167 >&nbsp;For&nbsp;any&nbsp;other&nbsp;issues,&nbsp;feel&nbsp;free&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;lists:<br>
 168 &nbsp;<br>
 169 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
 170 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118"
 171 TARGET="_top"
 172 >http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118</A
 173 >.<br>
 174 &nbsp;</P
 175 ><P
 176 >  Anyone interested in actively participating in development and related
 177   discussions can also join the appropriate mailing list. Archives are
 178   available too.
 179  </P
 180 ></LI
 181 ></UL
 182 ></P
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 185 ><H2
 186 CLASS="SECT2"
 187 ><A
 188 NAME="SUBMITACTIONS"
 189 >6.1. Submitting Ads and <SPAN
 190 CLASS="QUOTE"
 191 >"Action"</SPAN
 192 > Problems</A
 193 ></H2
 194 ><P
 195 > Ads and banners that are not stopped by <SPAN
 196 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 197 >Privoxy</SPAN
 198 >
 199  can be submitted to the developers by accessing a special page and filling
 200  out the brief, required form. Conversely, you can also report pages, images,
 201  etc. that <SPAN
 202 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 203 >Privoxy</SPAN
 204 > is blocking, but should not.
 205  The form itself does require Internet access.</P
 206 ><P
 207 > To do this, point your browser to <SPAN
 208 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 209 >Privoxy</SPAN
 210 >
 211  at <A
 212 HREF="http://p.p/"
 213 TARGET="_top"
 214 >http://p.p/</A
 215 >, and then select
 216  <A
 217 HREF="javascript:w=Math.floor(screen.width/2);h=Math.floor(screen.height*0.9);void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','screenx='+w+',width='+w+',height='+h+',scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
 218 TARGET="_top"
 219 >Actions file feedback system</A
 220 >,
 221  near the bottom of the page. Paste in the URL that is the cause of the
 222  unwanted behavior, and follow the prompts. The developers will
 223  try to incorporate your submission into future versions.</P
 224 ><P
 225 > New <TT
 226 CLASS="FILENAME"
 227 >default.actions</TT
 228 > files will occasionally be made
 229  available based on your feedback. These
 230  will be announced on the
 231  <A
 232 HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce"
 233 TARGET="_top"
 234 >ijbswa-announce</A
 235 >
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