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  78 >3. What's New in this Release</H1
  79 ><P
  80 > There are many improvements and new features in <SPAN
  81 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  82 >Privoxy</SPAN
  83 > 3.0.4
  84  :</P
  85 ><P
  86 > <P
  87 ></P
  88 ><UL
  89 ><LI
  90 ><P
  91 >    Mulitiple <A
  92 HREF="filter-file.html"
  93 >filter files</A
  94 > can now be specifed in <TT
  95 CLASS="FILENAME"
  96 >config</TT
  97 >. This allows for
  98     locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as
  99     supplied by the developers.
 100    </P
 101 ></LI
 102 ><LI
 103 ><P
 104 >
 105    There are a number of new <A
 106 HREF="actions-file.html"
 107 >actions</A
 108 >:
 109   </P
 110 ><P
 111 >  <P
 112 ></P
 113 ><UL
 114 ><LI
 115 ><P
 116 >       <TT
 117 CLASS="LITERAL"
 118 ><A
 119 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
 120 >content-type-overwrite</A
 121 ></TT
 122 >
 123       </P
 124 ></LI
 125 ><LI
 126 ><P
 127 >       <TT
 128 CLASS="LITERAL"
 129 ><A
 130 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
 131 >crunch-client-header</A
 132 ></TT
 133 >
 134       </P
 135 ></LI
 136 ><LI
 137 ><P
 138 >       <TT
 139 CLASS="LITERAL"
 140 ><A
 141 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
 142 >crunch-if-none-match</A
 143 ></TT
 144 >
 145       </P
 146 ></LI
 147 ><LI
 148 ><P
 149 >       <TT
 150 CLASS="LITERAL"
 151 ><A
 152 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
 153 >crunch-server-header</A
 154 ></TT
 155 >
 156       </P
 157 ></LI
 158 ><LI
 159 ><P
 160 >       <TT
 161 CLASS="LITERAL"
 162 ><A
 163 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
 164 >filter-client-headers</A
 165 ></TT
 166 >
 167       </P
 168 ></LI
 169 ><LI
 170 ><P
 171 >       <TT
 172 CLASS="LITERAL"
 173 ><A
 174 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
 175 >filter-server-headers</A
 176 ></TT
 177 >
 178       </P
 179 ></LI
 180 ><LI
 181 ><P
 182 >       <TT
 183 CLASS="LITERAL"
 184 ><A
 185 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
 186 >force-text-mode</A
 187 ></TT
 188 >
 189       </P
 190 ></LI
 191 ><LI
 192 ><P
 193 >       <TT
 194 CLASS="LITERAL"
 195 ><A
 196 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
 197 >handle-as-empty-document</A
 198 ></TT
 199 >
 200       </P
 201 ></LI
 202 ><LI
 203 ><P
 204 >       <TT
 205 CLASS="LITERAL"
 206 ><A
 207 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
 208 >hide-accept-language</A
 209 ></TT
 210 >
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 212 ></LI
 213 ><LI
 214 ><P
 215 >       <TT
 216 CLASS="LITERAL"
 217 ><A
 218 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
 219 >hide-content-disposition</A
 220 ></TT
 221 >
 222       </P
 223 ></LI
 224 ><LI
 225 ><P
 226 >       <TT
 227 CLASS="LITERAL"
 228 ><A
 229 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
 230 >hide-if-modified-since</A
 231 ></TT
 232 >
 233       </P
 234 ></LI
 235 ><LI
 236 ><P
 237 >       <TT
 238 CLASS="LITERAL"
 239 ><A
 240 HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
 241 >inspect-jpegs</A
 242 ></TT
 243 >
 244       </P
 245 ></LI
 246 ><LI
 247 ><P
 248 >       <TT
 249 CLASS="LITERAL"
 250 ><A
 251 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
 252 >overwrite-last-modified</A
 253 ></TT
 254 >
 255       </P
 256 ></LI
 257 ><LI
 258 ><P
 259 >       <TT
 260 CLASS="LITERAL"
 261 ><A
 262 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
 263 >redirect</A
 264 ></TT
 265 >
 266       </P
 267 ></LI
 268 ><LI
 269 ><P
 270 >       <TT
 271 CLASS="LITERAL"
 272 ><A
 273 HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
 274 >treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
 275 ></TT
 276 >
 277       </P
 278 ></LI
 279 ></UL
 280 >
 281   </P
 282 ><P
 283 >     In addition, <TT
 284 CLASS="LITERAL"
 285 ><A
 286 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 287 >fast-redirects</A
 288 ></TT
 289 >
 290      has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax.
 291   </P
 292 ><P
 293 >     And <TT
 294 CLASS="LITERAL"
 295 ><A
 296 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
 297 >hide-referrer</A
 298 ></TT
 299 >
 300      has a new option, <TT
 301 CLASS="LITERAL"
 302 >conditional block</TT
 303 >.
 304    </P
 305 ></LI
 306 ><LI
 307 ><P
 308 >    <SPAN
 309 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 310 >MS-Windows</SPAN
 311 > versions can now be installed and
 312     started as a <SPAN
 313 CLASS="emphasis"
 314 ><I
 315 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 316 >service</I
 317 ></SPAN
 318 >.
 319    </P
 320 ></LI
 321 ><LI
 322 ><P
 323 >    In addition, there are various bug fixes and significant enhancements, including
 324     error pages are no longer cached, better DNS error handling, and various logging
 325     improvements.
 326    </P
 327 ></LI
 328 ></UL
 329 ></P
 330 ><DIV
 331 CLASS="SECT2"
 332 ><H2
 333 CLASS="SECT2"
 334 ><A
 335 NAME="UPGRADERSNOTE"
 336 ></A
 337 >3.1. Note to Upgraders</H2
 338 ><P
 339 > A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
 340  versions of <SPAN
 341 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 342 >Privoxy</SPAN
 343 >:</P
 344 ><P
 345 > <P
 346 ></P
 347 ><UL
 348 ><LI
 349 ><P
 350 >
 351     Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including
 352     configuration files. Save any important configuration files!
 353   </P
 354 ></LI
 355 ><LI
 356 ><P
 357 >     See the full documentation on
 358      <TT
 359 CLASS="LITERAL"
 360 ><A
 361 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
 362 >fast-redirects</A
 363 ></TT
 364 >
 365      which has changed syntax, and may require adjustments to local configs.
 366    </P
 367 ></LI
 368 ><LI
 369 ><P
 370 >     The <TT
 371 CLASS="FILENAME"
 372 >jarfile</TT
 373 >, cookie logger, is off by default now.
 374     </P
 375 ></LI
 376 ><LI
 377 ><P
 378 >
 379    What constitutes a <SPAN
 380 CLASS="QUOTE"
 381 >"default"</SPAN
 382 > configuration has changed,
 383    and you may want to review which actions are <SPAN
 384 CLASS="QUOTE"
 385 >"on"</SPAN
 386 > by
 387    default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features
 388    you may have been used to, may now be <SPAN
 389 CLASS="QUOTE"
 390 >"off"</SPAN
 391 > by default.
 392   </P
 393 ></LI
 394 ><LI
 395 ><P
 396 >
 397    Some installers may not automatically start
 398    <SPAN
 399 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 400 >Privoxy</SPAN
 401 > after installation.
 402   </P
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