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  80 >3. What's New in this Release</H1
  81 ><P
  82 > There are many improvements and new features in <SPAN
  83 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  84 >Privoxy</SPAN
  85 > 3.0.5
  86  :</P
  87 ><P
  88 > <P
  89 ></P
  90 ><UL
  91 ><LI
  92 ><P
  93 >    Multiple <A
  94 HREF="filter-file.html"
  95 >filter files</A
  96 > can now be specified in <TT
  97 CLASS="FILENAME"
  98 >config</TT
  99 >. This allows for
 100     locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as
 101     supplied by the developers, i.e. <TT
 102 CLASS="FILENAME"
 103 >default.filter</TT
 104 >.
 105    </P
 106 ></LI
 107 ><LI
 108 ><P
 109 >
 110    There are a number of new <A
 111 HREF="actions-file.html"
 112 >actions</A
 113 >:
 114   </P
 115 ><P
 116 >  <P
 117 ></P
 118 ><UL
 119 ><LI
 120 ><P
 121 >       <TT
 122 CLASS="LITERAL"
 123 ><A
 124 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
 125 >content-type-overwrite</A
 126 ></TT
 127 >
 128       </P
 129 ></LI
 130 ><LI
 131 ><P
 132 >       <TT
 133 CLASS="LITERAL"
 134 ><A
 135 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
 136 >crunch-client-header</A
 137 ></TT
 138 >
 139       </P
 140 ></LI
 141 ><LI
 142 ><P
 143 >       <TT
 144 CLASS="LITERAL"
 145 ><A
 146 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
 147 >crunch-if-none-match</A
 148 ></TT
 149 >
 150       </P
 151 ></LI
 152 ><LI
 153 ><P
 154 >       <TT
 155 CLASS="LITERAL"
 156 ><A
 157 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
 158 >crunch-server-header</A
 159 ></TT
 160 >
 161       </P
 162 ></LI
 163 ><LI
 164 ><P
 165 >       <TT
 166 CLASS="LITERAL"
 167 ><A
 168 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
 169 >filter-client-headers</A
 170 ></TT
 171 >
 172       </P
 173 ></LI
 174 ><LI
 175 ><P
 176 >       <TT
 177 CLASS="LITERAL"
 178 ><A
 179 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
 180 >filter-server-headers</A
 181 ></TT
 182 >
 183       </P
 184 ></LI
 185 ><LI
 186 ><P
 187 >       <TT
 188 CLASS="LITERAL"
 189 ><A
 190 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
 191 >force-text-mode</A
 192 ></TT
 193 >
 194       </P
 195 ></LI
 196 ><LI
 197 ><P
 198 >       <TT
 199 CLASS="LITERAL"
 200 ><A
 201 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
 202 >handle-as-empty-document</A
 203 ></TT
 204 >
 205       </P
 206 ></LI
 207 ><LI
 208 ><P
 209 >       <TT
 210 CLASS="LITERAL"
 211 ><A
 212 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
 213 >hide-accept-language</A
 214 ></TT
 215 >
 216       </P
 217 ></LI
 218 ><LI
 219 ><P
 220 >       <TT
 221 CLASS="LITERAL"
 222 ><A
 223 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
 224 >hide-content-disposition</A
 225 ></TT
 226 >
 227       </P
 228 ></LI
 229 ><LI
 230 ><P
 231 >       <TT
 232 CLASS="LITERAL"
 233 ><A
 234 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
 235 >hide-if-modified-since</A
 236 ></TT
 237 >
 238       </P
 239 ></LI
 240 ><LI
 241 ><P
 242 >       <TT
 243 CLASS="LITERAL"
 244 ><A
 245 HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
 246 >inspect-jpegs</A
 247 ></TT
 248 >
 249       </P
 250 ></LI
 251 ><LI
 252 ><P
 253 >       <TT
 254 CLASS="LITERAL"
 255 ><A
 256 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
 257 >overwrite-last-modified</A
 258 ></TT
 259 >
 260       </P
 261 ></LI
 262 ><LI
 263 ><P
 264 >       <TT
 265 CLASS="LITERAL"
 266 ><A
 267 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
 268 >redirect</A
 269 ></TT
 270 >
 271       </P
 272 ></LI
 273 ><LI
 274 ><P
 275 >       <TT
 276 CLASS="LITERAL"
 277 ><A
 278 HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
 279 >treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
 280 ></TT
 281 >
 282       </P
 283 ></LI
 284 ></UL
 285 >
 286   </P
 287 ><P
 288 >     In addition, <TT
 289 CLASS="LITERAL"
 290 ><A
 291 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 292 >fast-redirects</A
 293 ></TT
 294 >
 295      has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax.
 296   </P
 297 ><P
 298 >     And <TT
 299 CLASS="LITERAL"
 300 ><A
 301 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
 302 >hide-referrer</A
 303 ></TT
 304 >
 305      has a new option, <TT
 306 CLASS="LITERAL"
 307 >conditional block</TT
 308 >.
 309    </P
 310 ></LI
 311 ><LI
 312 ><P
 313 >    <SPAN
 314 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 315 >MS-Windows</SPAN
 316 > versions can now be
 317     <A
 318 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
 319 >installed and
 320     started as a <SPAN
 321 CLASS="emphasis"
 322 ><I
 323 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 324 >Windows service</I
 325 ></SPAN
 326 ></A
 327 >.
 328    </P
 329 ></LI
 330 ><LI
 331 ><P
 332 >    <TT
 333 CLASS="FILENAME"
 334 >config</TT
 335 > has two new options:
 336     <A
 337 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
 338 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
 339 >,
 340     and <A
 341 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
 342 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
 343 >.
 344    </P
 345 ><P
 346 >    And there is improved handling of the <A
 347 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
 348 >user-manual</A
 349 >
 350     option, for placing documentation and help files on the local system.
 351    </P
 352 ></LI
 353 ><LI
 354 ><P
 355 >    Actions files problems and suggestions are now being directed to:
 356     <A
 357 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
 358 TARGET="_top"
 359 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=460288</A
 360 >.
 361     Please use this to report such configuration related problems as missed
 362     ads, sites that don't function properly due to one action or another,
 363     innocent images being blocked, etc.
 364    </P
 365 ></LI
 366 ><LI
 367 ><P
 368 >    In addition, there are numerous bug fixes and significant enhancements,
 369     including error pages should no longer be cached if the problem is fixed,
 370     much better DNS error handling, and various logging improvements.
 371    </P
 372 ></LI
 373 ><LI
 374 ><P
 375 >    The default actions setting is now <TT
 376 CLASS="LITERAL"
 377 >Cautious</TT
 378 >. Previous
 379     releases had a default setting of <TT
 380 CLASS="LITERAL"
 381 >Medium</TT
 382 >. Experienced
 383     users may want to adjust this, as it is fairly conservative by <SPAN
 384 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 385 >Privoxy</SPAN
 386 >
 387     standards and past practices. See <A
 388 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default"
 389 TARGET="_top"
 390 >    http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default</A
 391 >. New users
 392     should try the default settings for a while before turning up the volume.
 393    </P
 394 ></LI
 395 ></UL
 396 ></P
 397 ><DIV
 398 CLASS="SECT2"
 399 ><H2
 400 CLASS="SECT2"
 401 ><A
 402 NAME="UPGRADERSNOTE"
 403 ></A
 404 >3.1. Note to Upgraders</H2
 405 ><P
 406 > A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
 407  versions of <SPAN
 408 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 409 >Privoxy</SPAN
 410 >:</P
 411 ><P
 412 > <P
 413 ></P
 414 ><UL
 415 ><LI
 416 ><P
 417 >
 418     Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including
 419     configuration files. Save any important configuration files!
 420   </P
 421 ></LI
 422 ><LI
 423 ><P
 424 >
 425    On the other hand, other installers may not overwrite any existing configuration
 426    files, thinking you will want to do that. You may want to manually check
 427    your saved files against the newer versions to see if the improvements have
 428    merit, or whether there are new options that you may want to consider.
 429    There are a number of new features, but most won't be available unless
 430    these features are incorporated into your configuration somehow.
 431   </P
 432 ></LI
 433 ><LI
 434 ><P
 435 >     See the full documentation on
 436      <TT
 437 CLASS="LITERAL"
 438 ><A
 439 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 440 >fast-redirects</A
 441 ></TT
 442 >
 443      which has changed syntax, and will require adjustments to local configs,
 444      such as <TT
 445 CLASS="FILENAME"
 446 >user.action</TT
 447 >. You must reference the new
 448      syntax:
 449    </P
 450 ><P
 451 > <TABLE
 452 BORDER="0"
 453 BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
 454 WIDTH="90%"
 455 ><TR
 456 ><TD
 457 ><PRE
 458 CLASS="SCREEN"
 459 >  { +fast-redirects{check-decoded-url} }
 460    .example.com
 461    mybank.com
 462    .google.</PRE
 463 ></TD
 464 ></TR
 465 ></TABLE
 466 ></P
 467 ></LI
 468 ><LI
 469 ><P
 470 >     The <TT
 471 CLASS="FILENAME"
 472 >jarfile</TT
 473 >,
 474      <A
 475 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
 476 TARGET="_top"
 477 >cookie</A
 478 > logger, is off by default now.
 479     </P
 480 ></LI
 481 ><LI
 482 ><P
 483 >
 484    What constitutes a <SPAN
 485 CLASS="QUOTE"
 486 >"default"</SPAN
 487 > configuration has changed,
 488    and you may want to review which actions are <SPAN
 489 CLASS="QUOTE"
 490 >"on"</SPAN
 491 > by
 492    default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features
 493    you may have been used to, may now be <SPAN
 494 CLASS="QUOTE"
 495 >"off"</SPAN
 496 > by default.
 497    There are also a number of new actions you may want to consider, most of
 498    which are not incorporated into the default settings as yet (see above).
 499   </P
 500 ></LI
 501 ><LI
 502 ><P
 503 >
 504    Some installers may not automatically start
 505    <SPAN
 506 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 507 >Privoxy</SPAN
 508 > after installation.
 509   </P
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