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30 >Privoxy User Manual</A
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36 ></A
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43 ><DIV
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45 ><SPAN
46 CLASS="ORGNAME"
47 >By: Privoxy Developers<BR></SPAN
48 ></DIV
49 ></DIV
50 ><P
51 CLASS="PUBDATE"
52 >$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.95 2002/04/26 17:23:29 swa Exp $<BR></P
53 ><DIV
54 ><DIV
55 CLASS="ABSTRACT"
56 ><A
57 NAME="AEN9"
58 ></A
59 ><P
60 ></P
61 ><P
62 >  The user manual gives users information on how to install, configure and use
63   <A
64 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
65 TARGET="_top"
66 ><SPAN
67 CLASS="APPLICATION"
68 >Privoxy</SPAN
69 ></A
70 >.
71   </P
72 ><P
73 > <SPAN
74 CLASS="APPLICATION"
75 >Privoxy</SPAN
76 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
77  capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
78  cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
79  obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
80 CLASS="APPLICATION"
81 >Privoxy</SPAN
82 > has a very
83  flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
84  tastes. <SPAN
85 CLASS="APPLICATION"
86 >Privoxy</SPAN
87 > has application for both
88  stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
89 ><P
90 > <SPAN
91 CLASS="APPLICATION"
92 >Privoxy</SPAN
93 > is based on <SPAN
94 CLASS="APPLICATION"
95 >Internet
96  Junkbuster</SPAN
97 > (tm).</P
98 ><P
99 >  You can find the latest version of the user manual at  <A
100 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
101 TARGET="_top"
102 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
103 >.
104   Please see the <A
105 HREF="contact.html"
106 TARGET="_top"
107 >Contact section</A
108 > on how to
109   contact the developers.
110   </P
111 ><P
112 ></P
113 ></DIV
114 ></DIV
115 ><HR></DIV
116 ><DIV
117 CLASS="TOC"
118 ><DL
119 ><DT
120 ><B
121 >Table of Contents</B
122 ></DT
123 ><DT
124 ><A
125 HREF="index.html#INTRO"
126 ></A
127 ></DT
128 ><DT
129 >1. <A
130 HREF="introduction.html"
131 >Introduction</A
132 ></DT
133 ><DD
134 ><DL
135 ><DT
136 >1.1. <A
137 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
138 >Features</A
139 ></DT
140 ></DL
141 ></DD
142 ><DT
143 >3. <A
144 HREF="installation.html"
145 >Installation</A
146 ></DT
147 ><DD
148 ><DL
149 ><DT
150 >3.1. <A
151 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
152 >Red Hat and SuSE RPMs</A
153 ></DT
154 ><DT
155 >3.2. <A
156 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
157 >Debian</A
158 ></DT
159 ><DT
160 >3.3. <A
161 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
162 >Windows</A
163 ></DT
164 ><DT
165 >3.4. <A
166 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
167 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
168 ></DT
169 ><DT
170 >3.5. <A
171 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
172 >OS/2</A
173 ></DT
174 ><DT
175 >3.6. <A
176 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
177 >Max OSX</A
178 ></DT
179 ><DT
180 >3.7. <A
181 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
182 >AmigaOS</A
183 ></DT
184 ></DL
185 ></DD
186 ><DT
187 >4. <A
188 HREF="upgradersnote.html"
189 >Note to Upgraders</A
190 ></DT
191 ><DT
192 >5. <A
193 HREF="quickstart.html"
194 >Quickstart to Using <SPAN
195 CLASS="APPLICATION"
196 >Privoxy</SPAN
197 ></A
198 ></DT
199 ><DT
200 >6. <A
201 HREF="startup.html"
202 >Starting <SPAN
203 CLASS="APPLICATION"
204 >Privoxy</SPAN
205 ></A
206 ></DT
207 ><DD
208 ><DL
209 ><DT
210 >6.1. <A
211 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
212 >Command Line Options</A
213 ></DT
214 ></DL
215 ></DD
216 ><DT
217 >7. <A
218 HREF="configuration.html"
219 ><SPAN
220 CLASS="APPLICATION"
221 >Privoxy</SPAN
222 > Configuration</A
223 ></DT
224 ><DD
225 ><DL
226 ><DT
227 >7.1. <A
228 HREF="configuration.html#AEN320"
229 >Controlling <SPAN
230 CLASS="APPLICATION"
231 >Privoxy</SPAN
232 > with Your Web Browser</A
233 ></DT
234 ><DT
235 >7.2. <A
236 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
237 >Configuration Files Overview</A
238 ></DT
239 ><DT
240 >7.3. <A
241 HREF="configuration.html#CONFIG"
242 >The Main Configuration File</A
243 ></DT
244 ><DD
245 ><DL
246 ><DT
247 >7.3.1. <A
248 HREF="configuration.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
249 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
250 ></DT
251 ><DT
252 >7.3.2. <A
253 HREF="configuration.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
254 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
255 ></DT
256 ><DT
257 >7.3.3. <A
258 HREF="configuration.html#DEBUGGING"
259 >Debugging</A
260 ></DT
261 ><DT
262 >7.3.4. <A
263 HREF="configuration.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
264 >Access Control and Security</A
265 ></DT
266 ><DT
267 >7.3.5. <A
268 HREF="configuration.html#FORWARDING"
269 >Forwarding</A
270 ></DT
271 ><DT
272 >7.3.6. <A
273 HREF="configuration.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
274 >Windows GUI Options</A
275 ></DT
276 ></DL
277 ></DD
278 ><DT
279 >7.4. <A
280 HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONS-FILE"
281 >Actions Files</A
282 ></DT
283 ><DD
284 ><DL
285 ><DT
286 >7.4.1. <A
287 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1285"
288 >Finding the Right Mix</A
289 ></DT
290 ><DT
291 >7.4.2. <A
292 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1292"
293 >How to Edit</A
294 ></DT
295 ><DT
296 >7.4.3. <A
297 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1298"
298 >How Actions are Applied to URLs</A
299 ></DT
300 ><DT
301 >7.4.4. <A
302 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1312"
303 >Patterns</A
304 ></DT
305 ><DT
306 >7.4.5. <A
307 HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONS"
308 >Actions</A
309 ></DT
310 ><DT
311 >7.4.6. <A
312 HREF="configuration.html#ALIASES"
313 >Aliases</A
314 ></DT
315 ></DL
316 ></DD
317 ><DT
318 >7.5. <A
319 HREF="configuration.html#FILTER-FILE"
320 >The Filter File</A
321 ></DT
322 ><DT
323 >7.6. <A
324 HREF="configuration.html#AEN2273"
325 >Templates</A
326 ></DT
327 ></DL
328 ></DD
329 ><DT
330 >8. <A
331 HREF="contact.html"
332 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
333 Requests</A
334 ></DT
335 ><DD
336 ><DL
337 ><DT
338 >8.1. <A
339 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
340 >Get Support</A
341 ></DT
342 ><DT
343 >8.2. <A
344 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
345 >Report bugs</A
346 ></DT
347 ><DT
348 >8.3. <A
349 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
350 >Request new features</A
351 ></DT
352 ><DT
353 >8.4. <A
354 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
355 >Report ads or other filter problems</A
356 ></DT
357 ><DT
358 >8.5. <A
359 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
360 >Other</A
361 ></DT
362 ></DL
363 ></DD
364 ><DT
365 >9. <A
366 HREF="copyright.html"
367 >Copyright and History</A
368 ></DT
369 ><DD
370 ><DL
371 ><DT
372 >9.1. <A
373 HREF="copyright.html#AEN2320"
374 >Copyright</A
375 ></DT
376 ><DT
377 >9.2. <A
378 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
379 >History</A
380 ></DT
381 ></DL
382 ></DD
383 ><DT
384 >10. <A
385 HREF="seealso.html"
386 >See Also</A
387 ></DT
388 ><DT
389 >11. <A
390 HREF="appendix.html"
391 >Appendix</A
392 ></DT
393 ><DD
394 ><DL
395 ><DT
396 >11.1. <A
397 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
398 >Regular Expressions</A
399 ></DT
400 ><DT
401 >11.2. <A
402 HREF="appendix.html#AEN2545"
403 ><SPAN
404 CLASS="APPLICATION"
405 >Privoxy</SPAN
406 >'s Internal Pages</A
407 ></DT
408 ><DD
409 ><DL
410 ><DT
411 >11.2.1. <A
412 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
413 >Bookmarklets</A
414 ></DT
415 ></DL
416 ></DD
417 ><DT
418 >11.3. <A
419 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
420 >Chain of Events</A
421 ></DT
422 ><DT
423 >11.4. <A
424 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
425 >Anatomy of an Action</A
426 ></DT
427 ></DL
428 ></DD
429 ></DL
430 ></DIV
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