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  80 >3. What's New in this Release</H1
  81 ><P
  82 > There are many improvements and new features since the last <SPAN
  83 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  84 >Privoxy</SPAN
  85 > stable release:</P
  86 ><P
  87 > <P
  88 ></P
  89 ><UL
  90 ><LI
  91 ><P
  92 >    Multiple <A
  93 HREF="filter-file.html"
  94 >filter files</A
  95 > can now be specified in <TT
  96 CLASS="FILENAME"
  97 >config</TT
  98 >. This allows for
  99     locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as
 100     supplied by the developers, i.e. <TT
 101 CLASS="FILENAME"
 102 >default.filter</TT
 103 >.
 104    </P
 105 ></LI
 106 ><LI
 107 ><P
 108 >
 109    There are a number of new <A
 110 HREF="actions-file.html"
 111 >actions</A
 112 >:
 113   </P
 114 ><P
 115 >  <P
 116 ></P
 117 ><UL
 118 ><LI
 119 ><P
 120 >       <TT
 121 CLASS="LITERAL"
 122 ><A
 123 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
 124 >content-type-overwrite</A
 125 ></TT
 126 >
 127       </P
 128 ></LI
 129 ><LI
 130 ><P
 131 >       <TT
 132 CLASS="LITERAL"
 133 ><A
 134 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
 135 >crunch-client-header</A
 136 ></TT
 137 >
 138       </P
 139 ></LI
 140 ><LI
 141 ><P
 142 >       <TT
 143 CLASS="LITERAL"
 144 ><A
 145 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
 146 >crunch-if-none-match</A
 147 ></TT
 148 >
 149       </P
 150 ></LI
 151 ><LI
 152 ><P
 153 >       <TT
 154 CLASS="LITERAL"
 155 ><A
 156 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
 157 >crunch-server-header</A
 158 ></TT
 159 >
 160       </P
 161 ></LI
 162 ><LI
 163 ><P
 164 >       <TT
 165 CLASS="LITERAL"
 166 ><A
 167 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
 168 >filter-client-headers</A
 169 ></TT
 170 >
 171       </P
 172 ></LI
 173 ><LI
 174 ><P
 175 >       <TT
 176 CLASS="LITERAL"
 177 ><A
 178 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
 179 >filter-server-headers</A
 180 ></TT
 181 >
 182       </P
 183 ></LI
 184 ><LI
 185 ><P
 186 >       <TT
 187 CLASS="LITERAL"
 188 ><A
 189 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
 190 >force-text-mode</A
 191 ></TT
 192 >
 193       </P
 194 ></LI
 195 ><LI
 196 ><P
 197 >       <TT
 198 CLASS="LITERAL"
 199 ><A
 200 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
 201 >handle-as-empty-document</A
 202 ></TT
 203 >
 204       </P
 205 ></LI
 206 ><LI
 207 ><P
 208 >       <TT
 209 CLASS="LITERAL"
 210 ><A
 211 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
 212 >hide-accept-language</A
 213 ></TT
 214 >
 215       </P
 216 ></LI
 217 ><LI
 218 ><P
 219 >       <TT
 220 CLASS="LITERAL"
 221 ><A
 222 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
 223 >hide-content-disposition</A
 224 ></TT
 225 >
 226       </P
 227 ></LI
 228 ><LI
 229 ><P
 230 >       <TT
 231 CLASS="LITERAL"
 232 ><A
 233 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
 234 >hide-if-modified-since</A
 235 ></TT
 236 >
 237       </P
 238 ></LI
 239 ><LI
 240 ><P
 241 >       <TT
 242 CLASS="LITERAL"
 243 ><A
 244 HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
 245 >inspect-jpegs</A
 246 ></TT
 247 >
 248       </P
 249 ></LI
 250 ><LI
 251 ><P
 252 >       <TT
 253 CLASS="LITERAL"
 254 ><A
 255 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
 256 >overwrite-last-modified</A
 257 ></TT
 258 >
 259       </P
 260 ></LI
 261 ><LI
 262 ><P
 263 >       <TT
 264 CLASS="LITERAL"
 265 ><A
 266 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
 267 >redirect</A
 268 ></TT
 269 >
 270       </P
 271 ></LI
 272 ><LI
 273 ><P
 274 >       <TT
 275 CLASS="LITERAL"
 276 ><A
 277 HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
 278 >treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
 279 ></TT
 280 >
 281       </P
 282 ></LI
 283 ></UL
 284 >
 285   </P
 286 ><P
 287 >     In addition, <TT
 288 CLASS="LITERAL"
 289 ><A
 290 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 291 >fast-redirects</A
 292 ></TT
 293 >
 294      has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax.
 295   </P
 296 ><P
 297 >     And <TT
 298 CLASS="LITERAL"
 299 ><A
 300 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
 301 >hide-referrer</A
 302 ></TT
 303 >
 304      has a new option, <TT
 305 CLASS="LITERAL"
 306 >conditional block</TT
 307 >.
 308    </P
 309 ></LI
 310 ><LI
 311 ><P
 312 >    <SPAN
 313 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 314 >MS-Windows</SPAN
 315 > versions can now be
 316     <A
 317 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
 318 >installed and
 319     started as a <SPAN
 320 CLASS="emphasis"
 321 ><I
 322 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 323 >Windows service</I
 324 ></SPAN
 325 ></A
 326 >.
 327    </P
 328 ></LI
 329 ><LI
 330 ><P
 331 >    <TT
 332 CLASS="FILENAME"
 333 >config</TT
 334 > has two new options:
 335     <A
 336 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
 337 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
 338 >,
 339     and <A
 340 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
 341 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
 342 >.
 343    </P
 344 ><P
 345 >    And there is improved handling of the <A
 346 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
 347 >user-manual</A
 348 >
 349     option, for placing documentation and help files on the local system.
 350    </P
 351 ></LI
 352 ><LI
 353 ><P
 354 >    There are six new <A
 355 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
 356 >filters</A
 357 >.
 358    </P
 359 ></LI
 360 ><LI
 361 ><P
 362 >    Actions files problems and suggestions are now being directed to:
 363     <A
 364 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
 365 TARGET="_top"
 366 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=460288</A
 367 >.
 368     Please use this to report such configuration related problems as missed
 369     ads, sites that don't function properly due to one action or another,
 370     innocent images being blocked, etc.
 371    </P
 372 ></LI
 373 ><LI
 374 ><P
 375 >    In addition, there are numerous bug fixes and significant enhancements,
 376     including error pages should no longer be cached if the problem is fixed,
 377     much better DNS error handling, and various logging improvements.
 378    </P
 379 ></LI
 380 ><LI
 381 ><P
 382 >    The default actions setting is now <TT
 383 CLASS="LITERAL"
 384 >Cautious</TT
 385 >. Previous
 386     releases had a default setting of <TT
 387 CLASS="LITERAL"
 388 >Medium</TT
 389 >. Experienced
 390     users may want to adjust this, as it is fairly conservative by <SPAN
 391 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 392 >Privoxy</SPAN
 393 >
 394     standards and past practices. See <A
 395 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default"
 396 TARGET="_top"
 397 >    http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default</A
 398 >. New users
 399     should try the default settings for a while before turning up the volume.
 400    </P
 401 ></LI
 402 ></UL
 403 ></P
 404 ><DIV
 405 CLASS="SECT2"
 406 ><H2
 407 CLASS="SECT2"
 408 ><A
 409 NAME="UPGRADERSNOTE"
 410 ></A
 411 >3.1. Note to Upgraders</H2
 412 ><P
 413 > A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
 414  versions of <SPAN
 415 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 416 >Privoxy</SPAN
 417 >:</P
 418 ><P
 419 > <P
 420 ></P
 421 ><UL
 422 ><LI
 423 ><P
 424 >
 425     Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including
 426     configuration files. Save any important configuration files!
 427   </P
 428 ></LI
 429 ><LI
 430 ><P
 431 >
 432    On the other hand, other installers may not overwrite any existing configuration
 433    files, thinking you will want to do that. You may want to manually check
 434    your saved files against the newer versions to see if the improvements have
 435    merit, or whether there are new options that you may want to consider.
 436    There are a number of new features, but most won't be available unless
 437    these features are incorporated into your configuration somehow.
 438   </P
 439 ></LI
 440 ><LI
 441 ><P
 442 >     See the full documentation on
 443      <TT
 444 CLASS="LITERAL"
 445 ><A
 446 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 447 >fast-redirects</A
 448 ></TT
 449 >
 450      which has changed syntax, and will require adjustments to local configs,
 451      such as <TT
 452 CLASS="FILENAME"
 453 >user.action</TT
 454 >. You must reference the new
 455      syntax:
 456    </P
 457 ><P
 458 > <TABLE
 459 BORDER="0"
 460 BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
 461 WIDTH="90%"
 462 ><TR
 463 ><TD
 464 ><PRE
 465 CLASS="SCREEN"
 466 >  { +fast-redirects{check-decoded-url} }
 467    .example.com
 468    mybank.com
 469    .google.</PRE
 470 ></TD
 471 ></TR
 472 ></TABLE
 473 ></P
 474 ></LI
 475 ><LI
 476 ><P
 477 >     The <TT
 478 CLASS="FILENAME"
 479 >jarfile</TT
 480 >,
 481      <A
 482 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
 483 TARGET="_top"
 484 >cookie</A
 485 > logger, is off by default now.
 486     </P
 487 ></LI
 488 ><LI
 489 ><P
 490 >
 491    What constitutes a <SPAN
 492 CLASS="QUOTE"
 493 >"default"</SPAN
 494 > configuration has changed,
 495    and you may want to review which actions are <SPAN
 496 CLASS="QUOTE"
 497 >"on"</SPAN
 498 > by
 499    default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features
 500    you may have been used to, may now be <SPAN
 501 CLASS="QUOTE"
 502 >"off"</SPAN
 503 > by default.
 504    There are also a number of new actions and filters you may want to
 505    consider, most of which are not incorporated into the default settings as
 506    yet (see above).
 507   </P
 508 ></LI
 509 ><LI
 510 ><P
 511 >
 512    Some installers may not automatically start
 513    <SPAN
 514 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 515 >Privoxy</SPAN
 516 > after installation.
 517   </P
 518 ></LI
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