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+ Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
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<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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+ <comment>
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+ PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE! HB: hal@foobox.net
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<para>
-The FAQ document gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
-questions about
-<application>Privoxy</application>. <application>Privoxy</application> is a web
-proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering
-web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads,
-banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet
-Junk. <application>Privoxy</application> has a very flexible configuration and
-can be customized to suit individual needs and
-tastes. <application>Privoxy</application> has application for both stand-alone
-systems and multi-user networks.
+ This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
-You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/</ulink>.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
+ capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
+ cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
+ obnoxious Internet junk. <application>Privoxy</application> has a very
+ flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
+ tastes. <application>Privoxy</application> has application for both
+ stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
+</para>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is based on the code of the
+ <application>Internet Junkbuster</application>.
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> was originally written by JunkBusters
+ Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
+ Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
+ to continue development.
+</para>
+
+ <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="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if you want to contact the developers.
+<ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if you want to contact the developers.
</para>
<!-- <para> -->
copyrighted product of <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters
Corporation</ulink>. Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of
version 2.0.2. Stefan Waldherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and have
- since added many new features, refinements and enhancements.
+ since added many new features, refinements and enhancements. The result
+ of this effort is <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
- The new <application>Privoxy</application> started with the same
- code base, but has changed significantly at this point.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> started with the
+ <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, but has advanced
+ significantly at this point.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why a name change at all?</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is for <quote>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</quote>.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is the
+ <quote><emphasis>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</emphasis></quote>.
+</para>
+<para>
There are possible legal complications from the continued use of the
<application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a trademark of
- <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">The Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
- There are no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the project
- itself though.
+ <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ (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>
<para>
The developers also believed that there 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.
+ a name in their own right, especially now with the pending release of
+ version 3.0.
+
</para>
</sect3>
-<sect3 id="differs"><title>How does it differ from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
- <para>
- All the old features remain. The new <application>Privoxy</application>
- still blocks ads and banners, still manages cookies, and still helps protect
- your privacy. But, these are all enhanced, and many new features have been
- added, all in the same vein.
+<sect3 id="differs"><title>How does <application>Privoxy</application> differ
+from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> left off. All the old features remain.
+ The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
+ still manages cookies, and still helps protect your privacy. But, these are
+ all enhanced, and many new features have been added, all in the same vein.
</para>
<para>
The configuration has changed significantly as well. This is something that
<sect3 id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
<!--
- This section is in both user-manual and faq. Please keep in sync!!!
--->
-<para>
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Integrated browser based configuration and control utility (<ulink
- url="http://p.p">http://p.p</ulink>). Browser-based tracing of rule
- and filter effects.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-<!--
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Modularized configuration that will allow for system wide settings, and
- individual user settings. (not implemented yet, probably a 3.1 feature)
- </para>
- </listitem>
--->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- HTTP/1.1 compliant (most, but not all 1.1 features are supported).
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and
- generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over
- previous versions.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GIF de-animation.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size,
- invisible <quote>web-bugs</quote>, JavaScript, pop-ups, status bar abuse,
- etc.)
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
- </para>
-</listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Builds from source on most UNIX-like systems. Packages available for: Linux
- (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11 and AmigaOS.
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In addition, the configuration is much more powerful and versatile over-all.
- </para>
-</listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-</para>
+Include newfeatures.sgml
+-->
+&newfeatures;
</sect3>
</sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title id="knows">How does <application>Privoxy</application> know what is
+an ad, and what is not?</title>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> processes all the raw content of every
+ web page. So it reads everything on each page. It then compares this to the
+ rules as set up in the configuration files, and looks for any matches to
+ these rules. <application>Privoxy</application> makes heavy use of
+ <quote>regular expressions</quote>. (If you are not familiar with regular
+ expressions, it is explained briefly in <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/appendix.html">the user manual</ulink>.) Regular
+ expressions facilitate matching of one text string against another, using
+ wildcards to build complex patterns. So <application>Privoxy</application>
+ will typically look for URLs and other content that match certain key words
+ and expressions as defined in the configuration files. For instance a URL
+ that contains <quote>/banners</quote>, has a high probability of containing
+ ad banners, and thus would be a prime candidate to have a matching rule.
+</para>
+<para>
+ So <application>Privoxy</application> will look for these kinds of obvious
+ looking culprits. And also, will use lists of known organizations that
+ specialize in ads. Again, using complex patterns to match as many potential
+ combinations as possible since there tend to be many, many variations used by
+ advertisers, and new ones are being introduced all the time.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title id="mistakes">Can <application>Privoxy</application> make mistakes?
+This does not sound very scientific.</title>
+<para>
+ Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to have a broad rule
+ accidentally block something by mistake. There is a good chance you may run
+ into such a situation at some point. It is tricky writing rules to cover
+ every conceivable possibility, and not occasionally get false positives.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ But this should not be a big concern since the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> configuration is very flexible, and
+ includes tools to help identify these types of situations so they can be
+ addressed as needed, allowing you to customize your installation.
+ (<link linkend="badsite">See the appendix below</link>.)
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+
<sect3 id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
<application>Privoxy</application>. Why should I use
<application>Privoxy</application> at all?</title>
Well, helping the team is always a good idea. We welcome new developers,
RPM gurus or documentation makers. Simply get an account on sourceforge.net
and mail your id to the developer mailing list. Then read the
- section Quickstart in the developers manual.
+ section Quickstart in the <ulink url="http://privoxy.org/developer-manual/quickstart.html">
+ Developer's Manual</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
-Once we have added you to the team, you'll have write access to the CVS
-repository, and together we'll find a suitable task for you.
+ Once we have added you to the team, you'll have write access to the CVS
+ repository, and together we'll find a suitable task for you.
</para>
</sect4>
<sect2 id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<sect3 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install the new
- <application>Privoxy</application> over the old one?</title>
+<sect3 id="whichbrowsers">
+<title>Which browsers are supported by <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ Any browser that can be configured to use a <quote>proxy</quote>, which
+ should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
+ since <application>Privoxy</application> runs as a separate application and
+ just exchanges standard HTML data with your browser, just like a web server
+ does.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="whichos">
+<title>Which operating systems are supported?</title>
+<!--
+Include supported.sgml here:
+-->
+&supported;
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+ <application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
- We recommend you uninstall
the old <application>Junkbuster</application>
+ We recommend you uninstall <application>Junkbuster</application>
first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
is substantially changed.
</para>
<para>
See the <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/">user-manual</ulink> for
+ 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!]
</para>
-
+ <para>
+ Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>, if present!
+ </para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
All browsers must be told to use <application>Privoxy</application>
as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See below.
+ Also, you should flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
+ cached items.
</para>
<sect3 id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
<para>
- There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>
- configuration from version 2.0.x to 2.9.x and later. The older files will
- not work at all. If this is the case, you will need to re-enter your old
- data into the new configuration structure. This is probably also a good
- recommendation even if upgrading from 2.9.x to 3.x since there were
- many minor changes along the way.
+ There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>,
+ <application>Privoxy</application>, configuration from version 2.0.x to
+ 2.9.x and later. Most of the older files will not work at all. This is
+ especially true of <filename>blocklist</filename>. If this is the case, you
+ will need to re-enter your old data into the new configuration structure.
+ This is probably also a good recommendation even if upgrading from 2.9.x to
+ 3.x since there were many minor changes along the way.
</para>
</sect3>
some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
<para>
These are all explained in the
- <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
Please refer to that.
</para>
</sect3>
The easiest way to do this, is to access <application>Privoxy</application>
with your web browser at <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>,
and then select
- "<ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/edit-actions">Edit the actions list</ulink>"
+ "<ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org">Edit the actions list</ulink>"
from the selection list. You can also do this by editing the appropriate
file with a text editor.
</para>
<para>
Please see the
<ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
detailed explanation of these and other configuration files, and their
various options and syntax.
</para>
<sect3>
-<title id="filterfile">What is a <quote>default.filter</quote>?</title>
+<title id="filterfile">What is <quote>default.filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <quote>default.filter</quote> file is used to <quote>filter</quote> any
- page content. By <quote>filtering</quote> we mean it can modify, remove,
+ web page content. By <quote>filtering</quote> we mean it can modify, remove,
or change <emphasis>anything</emphasis> on the page, including HTML tags, and
- JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this. This is
- potentially a very powerful feature, but requires some expertise.
+ JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this, and operate
+ on a line by line basis. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but
+ requires some expertise.
</para>
<para>
<para>
Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration,
but you can disable/enable various sections of the included default
- file with the Actions List Editor from your browser.
+ file with the <quote>Actions List Editor</quote> from your browser.
</para>
</sect3>
<para>
This is a configuration option for images that
<application>Privoxy</application> is stopping. You have the choice <!-- of
- the --> <!-- <application>Privoxy</application> logo, --> a checkerboard
- pattern (this scales better), a transparent 1x1 GIF image, or a custom URL or
- your choice.
+ the --> <!-- <application>Privoxy</application> logo, --> of a checkerboard
+ pattern, a transparent 1x1 GIF image (aka <quote>blank</quote>), or a custom
+ URL of your choice. Note that to fit this category, the URL must match both
+ the <quote>+image</quote> and <quote>+block</quote> actions.
</para>
<para>
<quote>Edit Actions List</quote> selection at <ulink
url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>. Or by hand editing the appropriate
actions file. This will only effect what is defined as <quote>images</quote>
- though.
-
+ though. Also, some URLs that generate the bright red <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ banner, can be moved to the <quote>+image-blocker</quote> section for the
+ same reason, but there are some limits and risks to this (see below).
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
-<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see the checkerboard?</title>
+<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
This can be helpful for troubleshooting problems. It might also be good
for anyone new to <application>Privoxy</application> so that they can
<sect3>
<title id="blockedisugly">I see large red banners on some pages that say
-<quote>Blocked</quote>. How do I get rid of this?</title>
+<quote>Blocked</quote>. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
These are URLs that match something in one of
<application>Privoxy's</application> block actions (+block). It is meant
to be a warning so that you know something has been blocked and an easy way
for you to see why. These are handled differently than what has been defined
- as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). If you want them to be treated
- as if they were images, so that they can be invisible, then move the
- offending URL from the <quote>+block</quote> section to the
- <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of your actions file. Alternately, you
- could modify the <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that
- is used by <application>Privoxy</application> to display this, and make it
- something more to your liking.
+ explicitly as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). Depending on the
+ URL itself, it is sometimes hard for <application>Privoxy</application> to
+ really know whether there is indeed an ad image there or not. And there are
+ limitations as to what <application>Privoxy</application> can do to
+ <quote>fool</quote> the browser.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ For instance, if the ad is in a frame, then it is embedded in the separate
+ HTML page used for the frame. In this case, you cannot just substitute an
+ aribitray image (like we would for a <quote>blank</quote> image), for an HTML
+ page. The browser is expecting an HTML page, and that is what it must have
+ for frames. So this situation can be a little trickier to deal with, and
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will use the <quote>Blocked</quote> page.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you want these to be treated as if they were images, so that they can be
+ made invisible, you can try moving the offending URL from the
+ <quote>+block</quote> section to the <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of
+ your actions file. Just be forewarned, if any URL is made
+ <quote>invisible</quote>, you may not have any inkling that something has
+ been removed from that page, or why. If this approach does not work, then you are
+ probably dealing with a frame (or <quote>ilayer</quote>), and the only thing
+ that can go there is an HTML page of some sort.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To deal with this situation, you could modify the
+ <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that is used by
+ <application>Privoxy</application> to display this, and make it something
+ more to your liking. Currently, there is no configuration option for this.
+ You will have to modify, or create your own page, and use this to replace
+ <filename>templates/blocked</filename>, which is what
+ <application>Privoxy</application> uses to display the <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ page.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Another way to deal with this is find why and where
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is blocking the frame, and
+ diable this. Then let the <quote>+image-blocker</quote> action
+ handle the ad that is embedded in the frame's HTML page.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="alliseeisred">
+<title>I cannot see all of the <quote>Blocked</quote> page banner. All I
+see is a bright red square.</title>
+<para>
+ There is not enough space to fit the entire page. Try right clicking on the
+ visible, red portion, and select <quote>Show Frame</quote>, or equivalent.
+ This will usually allow you to see the entire Privoxy <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ page, and from there you can see just what is being blocked, and why.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="otherproxy">
+<title>How can I make <application>Privoxy</application> work with other
+proxies like <application>Squid</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ This can be done. See the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#FORWARDING">user manual</ulink>,
+ which describes how to do this.
+
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="misc"><title>Misc</title>
+<sect2 id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
<sect3>
<title id="slowsme">How much does <application>Privoxy</application> slow my browsing down? This
<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
-http://p.p/ or, equivalently, http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/
+<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).
+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).
</para>
<para>
-These pages are *not* 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 http://p.p/ will fail, and
-http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/ 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>
<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 version, there will again be
- blocklists that you can update automatically.
+ 2.9.x. Once we have released the new stable version, v3.0, there will
+ again be blocklists that you can update automatically.
</para>
</sect3>
No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
<ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink> for this. And, yes,
before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
- with other kinds of proxies like <quote>Squid</quote>.
+ with other kinds of proxies like <application>Squid</application>.
</para>
</sect3>
<emphasis>blank</emphasis>, or a URL of your choosing.
</para>
<para>
-Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely.
+Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely
+[as of v2.9.13].
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
-Why does <application>Privoxy</application> leave these large gaps?</title>
+Why?</title>
<para>
It would be easy enough to just eliminate this space altogether, rather than
fill it with blank space. But, this would create problems with many pages
<application>Privoxy</application> can run as a non-privileged
user, which is how we recommend it be run. Also, by default
<application>Privoxy</application> only listens to requests
- from <quote>localhost</quote>. It is not itself directly exposed to the
+ from <quote>localhost</quote>. The server aspect of
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is not itself directly exposed to the
Internet in this configuration. If you want to have
<application>Privoxy</application> serve as a LAN proxy, this will have to
be opened up to allow for LAN requests. In this case, we'd recommend
- you specify only the LAN gateway address, e.g. 192.168.1.1 in the main
+ you specify only the LAN gateway address, e.g. 192.168.1.1, in the main
<application>Privoxy</application> config file. All LAN hosts can then use
this as their proxy address in the browser proxy configuration. In this way,
<application>Privoxy</application> will not listen on any external ports.
</sect3>
+<sect3 id="turnoff">
+<title>How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
+ browser by using the special URL: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>
+ and select "Toggle Privoxy on or off" from that page.
+
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
</sect2>
<para>
If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you
applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info</ulink>
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info">http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info</ulink>
and see if any actions match your new rule.
</para>
by disabling <application>Privoxy</application> filtering and blocking.
Go to <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> and click on
<quote>Toggle Privoxy On or Off</quote>, then disable it. Now try that
- page again.
+ page again. It's probably a good idea to flush the browser cache as well.
</para>
<para>
sign) in front of them. Add your problem page URL to one of these sections
that looks like it is disabling the feature that is causing the
problem. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error involved. This
- is discussed in a little more detail in the <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
+ is discussed in a little more detail in the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
appendix</ulink>.
</para>
</sect3>
+<sect3 id="bugs">
+<title>Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?</title>
+<para>
+ Feedback is encouraged, whether good, bad or ugly. Please see the contact
+ page in the <ulink url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ details.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
<sect3>
<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect1>
-->
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<!--
+
+This is referenced in the doc header already. HB 03/25/02
+
<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
<para>Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the developers.
</para>
</sect1>
-
+-->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on Copyright and History.
+<para>
+ Please see the
+<ulink url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for
+ information on Copyright and History.
</para>
</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on references.
+<para>
+ Please see the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ others references.
</para>
</sect1>
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+Revision 1.36 2002/03/31 23:18:47 hal9
+More on dealing with BLOCKED.
+
+Revision 1.35 2002/03/30 04:14:19 hal9
+Fix privoxy.org/config links.
+
+Revision 1.34 2002/03/29 04:35:56 hal9
+Touch ups.
+
+Revision 1.33 2002/03/29 01:31:48 hal9
+Several new Q/A's and other touch ups.
+
+Revision 1.32 2002/03/27 00:57:03 hal9
+Touch ups for name change.
+
+Revision 1.31 2002/03/26 22:29:55 swa
+we have a new homepage!
+
+Revision 1.30 2002/03/25 16:39:22 hal9
+A few new sections. Made all links relative to user-manual.
+
+Revision 1.29 2002/03/25 05:23:57 hal9
+Moved section, and touch ups.
+
Revision 1.28 2002/03/25 04:27:33 hal9
New section related to name change.
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