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  30 >Privoxy User Manual</A
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  43 ><DIV
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  45 ><SPAN
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  47 >By: Privoxy Developers<BR></SPAN
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  50 ><P
  51 CLASS="PUBDATE"
  52 >$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.91 2002/04/24 02:39:31 hal9 Exp $<BR></P
  53 ><DIV
  54 ><DIV
  55 CLASS="ABSTRACT"
  56 ><A
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  58 ></A
  59 ><P
  60 ></P
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  63  </P
  64 ><P
  65 >  The user manual gives users information on how to install, configure and use
  66   <A
  67 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
  68 TARGET="_top"
  69 ><SPAN
  70 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  71 >Privoxy</SPAN
  72 ></A
  73 >.
  74   </P
  75 ><P
  76 > <SPAN
  77 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  78 >Privoxy</SPAN
  79 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
  80  capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
  81  cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
  82  obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
  83 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  84 >Privoxy</SPAN
  85 > has a very
  86  flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
  87  tastes. <SPAN
  88 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  89 >Privoxy</SPAN
  90 > has application for both
  91  stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
  92 ><P
  93 > <SPAN
  94 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  95 >Privoxy</SPAN
  96 > is based on <SPAN
  97 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  98 >Internet
  99  Junkbuster</SPAN
 100 > (tm).</P
 101 ><P
 102 >  You can find the latest version of the user manual at  <A
 103 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
 104 TARGET="_top"
 105 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
 106 >.
 107   Please see the <A
 108 HREF="contact.html"
 109 TARGET="_top"
 110 >Contact section</A
 111 > on how to
 112   contact the developers.
 113   </P
 114 ><P
 115 ></P
 116 ></DIV
 117 ></DIV
 118 ><HR></DIV
 119 ><DIV
 120 CLASS="TOC"
 121 ><DL
 122 ><DT
 123 ><B
 124 >Table of Contents</B
 125 ></DT
 126 ><DT
 127 ><A
 128 HREF="index.html#INTRO"
 129 ></A
 130 ></DT
 131 ><DT
 132 >1. <A
 133 HREF="introduction.html"
 134 >Introduction</A
 135 ></DT
 136 ><DD
 137 ><DL
 138 ><DT
 139 >1.1. <A
 140 HREF="introduction.html#NEWFEATURES"
 141 >New Features</A
 142 ></DT
 143 ></DL
 144 ></DD
 145 ><DT
 146 >3. <A
 147 HREF="installation.html"
 148 >Installation</A
 149 ></DT
 150 ><DD
 151 ><DL
 152 ><DT
 153 >3.1. <A
 154 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
 155 >Binary Packages</A
 156 ></DT
 157 ><DD
 158 ><DL
 159 ><DT
 160 >3.1.1. <A
 161 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
 162 >Red Hat and SuSE RPMs</A
 163 ></DT
 164 ><DT
 165 >3.1.2. <A
 166 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
 167 >Debian</A
 168 ></DT
 169 ><DT
 170 >3.1.3. <A
 171 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
 172 >Windows</A
 173 ></DT
 174 ><DT
 175 >3.1.4. <A
 176 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
 177 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
 178 ></DT
 179 ><DT
 180 >3.1.5. <A
 181 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
 182 >OS/2</A
 183 ></DT
 184 ><DT
 185 >3.1.6. <A
 186 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
 187 >Max OSX</A
 188 ></DT
 189 ><DT
 190 >3.1.7. <A
 191 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
 192 >AmigaOS</A
 193 ></DT
 194 ></DL
 195 ></DD
 196 ><DT
 197 >3.2. <A
 198 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
 199 >Building from Source</A
 200 ></DT
 201 ></DL
 202 ></DD
 203 ><DT
 204 >4. <A
 205 HREF="quickstart.html"
 206 >Quickstart to Using <SPAN
 207 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 208 >Privoxy</SPAN
 209 ></A
 210 ></DT
 211 ><DD
 212 ><DL
 213 ><DT
 214 >4.1. <A
 215 HREF="quickstart.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
 216 >Note to Upgraders</A
 217 ></DT
 218 ><DT
 219 >4.2. <A
 220 HREF="quickstart.html#STARTUP"
 221 >Starting <SPAN
 222 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 223 >Privoxy</SPAN
 224 ></A
 225 ></DT
 226 ><DT
 227 >4.3. <A
 228 HREF="quickstart.html#CMDOPTIONS"
 229 >Command Line Options</A
 230 ></DT
 231 ></DL
 232 ></DD
 233 ><DT
 234 >5. <A
 235 HREF="configuration.html"
 236 ><SPAN
 237 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 238 >Privoxy</SPAN
 239 > Configuration</A
 240 ></DT
 241 ><DD
 242 ><DL
 243 ><DT
 244 >5.1. <A
 245 HREF="configuration.html#AEN324"
 246 >Controlling <SPAN
 247 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 248 >Privoxy</SPAN
 249 > with Your Web Browser</A
 250 ></DT
 251 ><DT
 252 >5.2. <A
 253 HREF="configuration.html#AEN343"
 254 >Configuration Files Overview</A
 255 ></DT
 256 ><DT
 257 >5.3. <A
 258 HREF="configuration.html#AEN383"
 259 >The Main Configuration File</A
 260 ></DT
 261 ><DD
 262 ><DL
 263 ><DT
 264 >5.3.1. <A
 265 HREF="configuration.html#AEN402"
 266 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
 267 ></DT
 268 ><DT
 269 >5.3.2. <A
 270 HREF="configuration.html#AEN622"
 271 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
 272 ></DT
 273 ><DT
 274 >5.3.3. <A
 275 HREF="configuration.html#AEN706"
 276 >Debugging</A
 277 ></DT
 278 ><DT
 279 >5.3.4. <A
 280 HREF="configuration.html#AEN772"
 281 >Access Control and Security</A
 282 ></DT
 283 ><DT
 284 >5.3.5. <A
 285 HREF="configuration.html#FORWARDING"
 286 >Forwarding</A
 287 ></DT
 288 ><DT
 289 >5.3.6. <A
 290 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1143"
 291 >Windows GUI Options</A
 292 ></DT
 293 ></DL
 294 ></DD
 295 ><DT
 296 >5.4. <A
 297 HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE"
 298 >The Actions File</A
 299 ></DT
 300 ><DD
 301 ><DL
 302 ><DT
 303 >5.4.1. <A
 304 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1234"
 305 >Finding the Right Mix</A
 306 ></DT
 307 ><DT
 308 >5.4.2. <A
 309 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1240"
 310 >How to Edit</A
 311 ></DT
 312 ><DT
 313 >5.4.3. <A
 314 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1247"
 315 >How Actions are Applied to URLs</A
 316 ></DT
 317 ><DT
 318 >5.4.4. <A
 319 HREF="configuration.html#AEN1256"
 320 >Patterns</A
 321 ></DT
 322 ><DT
 323 >5.4.5. <A
 324 HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONS"
 325 >Actions</A
 326 ></DT
 327 ><DT
 328 >5.4.6. <A
 329 HREF="configuration.html#AEN2110"
 330 >Aliases</A
 331 ></DT
 332 ></DL
 333 ></DD
 334 ><DT
 335 >5.5. <A
 336 HREF="configuration.html#FILTERFILE"
 337 >The Filter File</A
 338 ></DT
 339 ><DT
 340 >5.6. <A
 341 HREF="configuration.html#AEN2176"
 342 >Templates</A
 343 ></DT
 344 ></DL
 345 ></DD
 346 ><DT
 347 >6. <A
 348 HREF="contact.html"
 349 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
 350 Requests</A
 351 ></DT
 352 ><DD
 353 ><DL
 354 ><DT
 355 >6.1. <A
 356 HREF="contact.html#SUBMITACTIONS"
 357 >Submitting Ads and <SPAN
 358 CLASS="QUOTE"
 359 >"Action"</SPAN
 360 > Problems</A
 361 ></DT
 362 ></DL
 363 ></DD
 364 ><DT
 365 >7. <A
 366 HREF="copyright.html"
 367 >Copyright and History</A
 368 ></DT
 369 ><DD
 370 ><DL
 371 ><DT
 372 >7.1. <A
 373 HREF="copyright.html#AEN2227"
 374 >Copyright</A
 375 ></DT
 376 ><DT
 377 >7.2. <A
 378 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
 379 >History</A
 380 ></DT
 381 ></DL
 382 ></DD
 383 ><DT
 384 >8. <A
 385 HREF="seealso.html"
 386 >See Also</A
 387 ></DT
 388 ><DT
 389 >9. <A
 390 HREF="appendix.html"
 391 >Appendix</A
 392 ></DT
 393 ><DD
 394 ><DL
 395 ><DT
 396 >9.1. <A
 397 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
 398 >Regular Expressions</A
 399 ></DT
 400 ><DT
 401 >9.2. <A
 402 HREF="appendix.html#AEN2452"
 403 ><SPAN
 404 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 405 >Privoxy</SPAN
 406 >'s Internal Pages</A
 407 ></DT
 408 ><DD
 409 ><DL
 410 ><DT
 411 >9.2.1. <A
 412 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
 413 >Bookmarklets</A
 414 ></DT
 415 ></DL
 416 ></DD
 417 ><DT
 418 >9.3. <A
 419 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
 420 >Chain of Events</A
 421 ></DT
 422 ><DT
 423 >9.4. <A
 424 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
 425 >Anatomy of an Action</A
 426 ></DT
 427 ></DL
 428 ></DD
 429 ></DL
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