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<artheader>
<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<para>
This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
- questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>.
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>
+ <![%p-stable;[ v.&p-version]]>.
</para>
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<para>
You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink
url="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</ulink>.
- Please see the Contact section in the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if
- you want to contact the developers.
+ Please see the Contact section if you want to contact the developers.
</para>
<!-- <para> -->
significantly at this point.
</para>
<para>
- Please see the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for more
+ Please see the <link linkend="copyright">History section</link> for more
information on the history of <application>Junkbuster</application> and
<application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
</para>
<para>
There are potential legal complications from the continued use of the
- <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a trademark of
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a registered trademark of
<ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ And thus they <quote>own</quote> the rights to the name.
(There are, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
<application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact, still
share our ideals and goals.)
<para>
The developers also believed that there are so many changes from the original
code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
- a name in their own right, especially now with the pending release of
- version 3.0.
+ a name in their own right<![%p-not-stable;[, especially now with the pending
+ release of version 3.0]]>.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
<para>
The configuration has changed significantly as well. This is something that
- users will notice right off the bat. The <quote>blocklist</quote> file does
- not exist any more. This is replaced by <quote>actions</quote> files, such
- as <filename>default.actions</filename>. This is where most of the per site
- configuration is now.
+ users will notice right off the bat if you are upgrading from
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> 2.0.x. The <quote>blocklist</quote>
+ file does not exist any more. This is replaced by <quote>actions</quote>
+ files, such as <filename>default.actions</filename>. This is where most of
+ the per site configuration is now.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
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</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="license"><title>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
warranty? Registration?</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is licensed under the
- GNU General Public License (GPL). It is free to use, copy,
- modify or distribute as you wish under the terms of this license.
- Please see the
-<ulink url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for
- more information on the license and copyright.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is licensed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL). It is free to use, copy, modify or distribute as you wish
+ under the terms of this license. Please see the Copyright section for more
+ information on the license and copyright.
</para>
<para>
<para>
See the <ulink
url="../user-manual/index.html">user-manual</ulink> for
- platform specific installation instructions. [FIXME: This is meant for after
- the name change for 3.0!]
+ platform specific installation instructions.
</para>
<para>
Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
</para>
</sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="srvany">
+<title>Can <application>Privoxy</application> run as a service
+on Win2K/NT?</title>
+<para>
+ Yes, it can run as a system service using <command>srvany.exe</command>.
+ The only catch is that this will effectively disable the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> icon in the taskbar. You can have
+ one or the other, but not both at this time :(
+</para>
+<para>
+ There is a pending feature request for this functionality. See
+ thread: <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</ulink>,
+ for details, and a sample configuration.
+
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="otherproxy">
<title>How can I make <application>Privoxy</application> work with other
proxies like <application>Squid</application>?</title>
</para>
<para>
-With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x), you can get some
-information about <application>Privoxy</application> and change some settings by going to
-<ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> or, equivalently, <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
-(Note that p.p is far easier to type but may not work in some
-configurations. With the name change to <application>Privoxy</application>,
-this is changed from the previous http://i.j.b/ or earlier 2.9.x versions).
+ With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x and
+ greater), you can get some information about
+ <application>Privoxy</application> and change some settings by going to
+ <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> or, equivalently, <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> (Note
+ that p.p is far easier to type but may not work in some configurations. With
+ the name change to <application>Privoxy</application>, this is changed from
+ the previous http://i.j.b/ and earlier 2.9.x versions).
</para>
<para>
-These pages are <emphasis>not</emphasis> forwarded to a server on the Internet
-- instead they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
-<application>Privoxy</application>.
+ These pages are <emphasis>not</emphasis> forwarded to a server on the
+ Internet - instead they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
+
<application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
-If you are not running <application>Privoxy</application>, then <ulink
-url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> will fail, and <ulink
-url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> will
-return a web page telling you you're not running
-<application>Privoxy</application>.
+
If you are not running <application>Privoxy</application>, then <ulink
+
url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> will fail, and <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> will
+ return a web page telling you you're not running
+
<application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
-If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
-http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and you
-should really consider upgrading to 2.9.x).
+ If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
+ http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and
+ you should really consider upgrading to &p-version;).
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain <application>Privoxy</application> with other proxies
-(e.g. squid)?</title>
-<para>
- Fillme.
-</para>
-</sect2>
-->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
<para>
- No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in the versions
- 2.9.x. Once we have released the new stable version, v3.0, there will
- again be blocklists that you can update automatically.
+ No, not by this name. The format of the blocklists has changed
+ significantly in versions 2.9.x and later. This functionality
+ is done by the <quote>actions</quote> file now. See next question ...
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
<para>
- As of now, please discontinue to submit new ad blocking infos. Once we
- have released the new version, there will again be a form on the website,
- which you can use to contribute new ads.
+ Beginning with <application>Privoxy v2.9.14</application>, missed ads and
+ banners and other actions file problems, can be submitted by accessing
+ <ulink url="javascript:w=Math.floor(screen.width/2);h=Math.floor(screen.height*0.9);void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','screenx='+w+',width='+w+',height='+h+',scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"><quote>actions file feedback system</quote></ulink>
+ from <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ This process does not work with earlier versions of <application>Privoxy</application>
+ or <application>Junkbuster</application>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ There will soon be regularly updated actions files posted. These
+ will be announced on the
+ <ulink
+ url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce">ijbswa-announce</ulink>
+ list.
</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
<para>
You cannot hide your IP address with <application>Privoxy</application> or any other software, since
-the server needs to know your IP address to send the answer to you.
+the server needs to know your IP address to send the answers back to you.
</para>
<para>
Fortunately there are many publicly usable anonymous proxies out there, which
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> can remove various information about you,
and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> more freedom to decide which sites
- you can trust. But it's still possible that web sites can find out who you
- are. Here's one way this can happen.
+ you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it's still possible
+ that web sites can find out who you are. Here's one way this can happen.
</para>
<para>
A few browsers disclose the user's email address in certain situations, such
If you have problems with a site, you will have to adjust your configuration
accordingly. Cookies are probably the most likely adjustment that may
be required, but by no means the only one.
-
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="seealso">
<title>Where can I find more information about <application>Privoxy</application>
and related issues?</title>
-
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+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect1 id="contact"><title>Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</title>
+<!-- Include contacting.sgml -->
+ &contacting;
+<!-- end contacting -->
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
+
+<sect2><title>Copyright</title>
+<!-- Include copyright.sgml -->
+ ©right;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
-This is referenced in the doc header already. HB 03/25/02
+<sect2><title>History</title>
+<!-- Include history.sgml -->
+ &history;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
-<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the developers.
-</para>
+ </sect1>
+
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+<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
+-->
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