-5.1. I just upgraded and am getting "connection refused" with every web page?
-
-Either Privoxy is not running, or your browser is configured for a different
-port than what Privoxy is using.
-
-The old Privoxy (and also Junkbuster) used port 8000 by default. This has been
-changed to port 8118 now, due to a conflict with NAS (Network Audio Service),
-which uses port 8000. If you haven't, you need to change your browser to the
-new port number, or alternately change Privoxy's "listen-address" setting in
-the config file used to start Privoxy.
-
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-
-5.2. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through.
-How?
-
-If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be held
-in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be displayed without the need
-for any request to the server, and Privoxy will not be in the picture. The best
-thing to do is try flushing the browser's caches. And then try again.
-
-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 http://config.privoxy.org/
-show-url-info and see if any actions match your new rule.
-
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-
-5.3. One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy. What can I do?
-
-First verify that it is indeed a Privoxy problem, by disabling Privoxy
-filtering and blocking. Go to http://p.p/ and click on "Toggle Privoxy On or
-Off", then disable it. Now try that page again. It's probably a good idea to
-flush the browser cache as well.
-
-If still a problem, go to "Show which actions apply to a URL and why" from
-http://p.p/ and paste the full URL of the page in question into the prompt. See
-which actions are being applied to the URL. Now, armed with this information,
-go to "Edit the actions list". Here you should see various sections that have
-various Privoxy features disabled for specific sites. Most disabled "actions"
-will have a "-" (minus sign) in front of them. Some aliases are used just to
-disable other actions, e.g. "shop" and "fragile", and won't necessarily use a
-"+" or "-" sign. Add your problem page URL to one of these sections that looks
-like it is disabling the feature that is causing the problem. Rember to flush
-your browser's caches when making such changes! As a last resort, try "fragile"
-which disables most actions. Now re-try the page. There might be some trial and
-error involved. This is discussed in a little more detail in the user-manual
-appendix.
-
-Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can accomplish the
-same thing by editing the appropriate "actions" file.
-
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-
-5.4. Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?
-
-Feedback is encouraged, whether good, bad or ugly. Please see the contact page
-in the user-manual for details.
-
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-
-5.5. What time is it?
-
-Time for you to go!
-
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-
-7. Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests
-
-We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please
-note:
-
- * Use the Sourceforge Support Forum to get help:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118
-
-
- * Submit bugs only through our Sourceforge Bug Forum:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118.
-
-
- Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted. Please try to verify
- that it is a Privoxy bug, and not a browser or site bug first. If you are
- using your own custom configuration, please try the stock configs to see if
- the problem is a configuration related bug. And if not using the latest
- development snapshot, please try the latest one. Or even better, CVS
- sources. Please be sure to include the Privoxy/Junkbuster version,
- platform, browser, any pertinent log data, any other relevant details
- (please be specific) and, if possible, some way to reproduce the bug.
-
- * Submit feature requests only through our Sourceforge feature request forum:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse.
-
-
- * You can also send feedback on websites that Privoxy has problems with. Please bookmark
- the following link: "Privoxy - Submit Filter Feedback"
- . Once you surf to a page with problems, use the
- bookmark to send us feedback. We will look into the issue as soon as possible.
-
-
- * For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118.
-
-
- Anyone interested in actively participating in development and related
- discussions can also join the appropriate mailing list. Archives are
- available, too.
-
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-
-8. Copyright and History
-
-8.1. Copyright
-
-Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
-PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details, which
-is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59 Temple Place - Suite
-330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
-Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
-
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-
-8.2. History
-
-Privoxy is evolved, and derived from, the Internet Junkbuster, with many
-improvments and enhancements over the original.
-
-Junkbuster was originally written by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters
-Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
-Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
-Privoxy to rekindle development. There are now several active developers
-contributing. The last stable release of Junkbuster was v2.0.2, which has now
-grown whiskers ;-).
+ 5.1. I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting "connection refused"
+ message with every web page. Why?
+
+ There are several possibilities:
+
+ * Privoxy is not running. Solution: verify that Privoxy is installed
+ correctly, has not crashed, and is indeed running. Turn on Privoxy's
+ logging, and look at the logs to see what they say.
+
+ * Or your browser is configured for a different port than what Privoxy
+ is using. Solution: verify that Privoxy and your browser are set to
+ the same port (listen-address).
+
+ * Or if using a forwarding rule, you have a configuration problem or a
+ problem with a host in the forwarding chain. Solution: temporarily
+ alter your configuration and take the forwarders out of the equation.
+
+ * Or you have a firewall that is interfering and blocking you. Solution:
+ try disabling or removing the firewall as a simple test.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.2. Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?
+
+ More than likely this is a problem with your TCP/IP networking. ZoneAlarm
+ has been reported to cause this symptom -- even if not running! The
+ solution is to either fight the ZA configuration, or uninstall ZoneAlarm,
+ and then find something better behaved in its place. Other personal
+ firewall type products may cause similar type problems if not configured
+ correctly.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.3. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through.
+ How?
+
+ If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be
+ held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be displayed without
+ the need for any request to the server, and Privoxy will not be involved.
+ Flush the browser's caches, and then try again.
+
+ 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
+ http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info and see if it really matches your
+ new rule. Blocking ads is like blocking spam: a lot of tinkering is
+ required to stay ahead of the game. And remember you need to block the URL
+ of the ad in question, which may be entirely different from the site URL
+ itself. Most ads are hosted on different servers than the main site
+ itself. If you right-click on the ad, you should be able to get all the
+ relevant information you need. Alternately, you can find the correct URL
+ by looking at Privoxy's logs (you may need to enable logging in the main
+ config file if its disabled).
+
+ Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates with
+ one requested URL: www.example.com (name of site was changed for this
+ example, the number of requests is real). You can see in this the
+ complexity of what goes into making up this one "page". There are eight
+ different domains involved here, with thirty two separate URLs requested
+ in all, making up all manner of images, Shockwave Flash, JavaScript, CSS
+ stylesheets, scripts, and other related content. Some of this content is
+ obviously "good" or "bad", but not all. Many of the more questionable
+ looking requests, are going to outside domains that seem to be identifying
+ themselves with suspicious looking names, making our job a little easier.
+ Privoxy has "crunched" (meaning caught and BLOCKED) quite a few items in
+ this example, but perhaps missed a few as well.
+
+Request: www.example.com/
+Request: www.example.com/favicon.ico
+Request: img.example.com/main.css
+Request: img.example.com/sr.js
+Request: example.betamarker.com/example.html
+Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/bestsellers/skyscraper.php?likref=BSellers
+Request: img.example.com/pb.png
+Request: www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.advertising-department.com/ats/switch.ps.php?26856 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: img.example.com/p.gif
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example&mode=behind crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=5c3cf&tmpl=PBa.tmpl crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/best_sellers.css
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adx.js crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: img.example.com/hbg.gif
+Request: img.example.com/example.jpg
+Request: img.example.com/mt.png
+Request: img.example.com/mm.png
+Request: img.example.com/mb.png
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=a71b91fa5&tmpl=Ua.tmp crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.example.com/tracker.js
+Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/lsi_head.gif
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=020548130&what=zone:61 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=463594413&what=zone:58&source=Ua crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/bottomani.swf
+Request: mmm.elitemediagroup.net/install.php?allowpop=no&popupmincook=0&allowsp2=1 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.example.com/tracker.js?screen=1400x1050&win=962x693
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=61 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: 66.70.21.80/scripts/click.php?hid=5c3cf599a9efd0320d26&si
+Request: 66.70.21.80/img/pixel.gif
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=58&source=Ua&block=86400 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: 66.70.21.80/scripts/click.php?hid=a71b9f6504b0c5681fa5&si=Ua
+
+ Despite 12 out of 32 requests being blocked, the page looked, and seemed
+ to behave perfectly "normal" (minus some ads, of course).
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.4. One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy. What can I do?
+
+ First verify that it is indeed a Privoxy problem, by toggling off Privoxy
+ through http://config.privoxy.org/toggle (the toggle feature may need to
+ be enabled in the main config), and then shift-reloading the problem page
+ (i.e. holding down the shift key while clicking reload. Alternatively,
+ flush your browser's disk and memory caches).
+
+ If the problem went away, we know we have a configuration related problem.
+ Now go to http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info and paste the full URL
+ of the page in question into the prompt. See which actions are being
+ applied to the URL, and which matches in which actions files are
+ responsible for that. It might be helpful also to look at your logs for
+ this site too, to see what else might be happening (note: logging may need
+ to be enabled in the main config file). Many sites are complex and require
+ a number of related pages to help present their content. Look at what else
+ might be used by the page in question, and what of that might be required.
+ Now, armed with this information, go to
+ http://config.privoxy.org/show-status and select the appropriate actions
+ files for editing.
+
+ You can now either look for a section which disables the actions that you
+ suspect to cause the problem and add a pattern for your site there, or
+ make up a completely new section for your site. In any case, the
+ recommended way is to disable only the prime suspect, reload the problem
+ page, and only if the problem persists, disable more and more actions
+ until you have identified the culprit. You may or may not want to turn the
+ other actions on again. Remember to flush your browser's caches in between
+ any such changes!
+
+ Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can accomplish
+ the same thing by editing the appropriate actions file. Probably the
+ easiest way to deal with such problems when editing by hand is to add your
+ site to a { fragile } section in user.action, which is an alias that turns
+ off most "dangerous" actions, but is also likely to turn off more actions
+ then needed, and thus lower your privacy and protection more than
+ necessary,
+
+ Troubleshooting actions is discussed in more detail in the User Manual
+ appendix, Troubleshooting: the Anatomy of an Action. There is also an
+ actions tutorial with general configuration information and examples.
+
+ As a last resort, you can always see if your browser has a setting that
+ will bypass the proxy setting for selective sites. Modern browsers can do
+ this.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.5. After installing Privoxy, I have to log in every time I start IE. What
+ gives?
+
+ This is a quirk that effects the installation of Privoxy, in conjunction
+ with Internet Explorer and Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 2000 and
+ Windows XP. The symptoms may appear to be corrupted or invalid DUN
+ settings, or passwords.
+
+ When setting up an NT based Windows system with Privoxy you may find that
+ things do not seem to be doing what you expect. When you set your system
+ up you will probably have set up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) with
+ Dial up Networking (DUN) when logged in with administrator privileges. You
+ will probably have made this DUN connection available to other accounts
+ that you may have set-up on your system. E.g. Mum or Dad sets up the
+ system and makes accounts suitably configured for the kids.
+
+ When setting up Privoxy in this environment you will have to alter the
+ proxy set-up of Internet Explorer (IE) for the specific DUN connection on
+ which you wish to use Privoxy. When you do this the ICS DUN set-up becomes
+ user specific. In this instance you will see no difference if you change
+ the DUN connection under the account used to set-up the connection.
+ However when you do this from another user you will notice that the DUN
+ connection changes to make available to "Me only". You will also find that
+ you have to store the password under each different user!
+
+ The reason for this is that each user's set-up for IE is user specific.
+ Each set-up DUN connection and each LAN connection in IE store the
+ settings for each user individually. As such this enforces individual
+ configurations rather than common ones. Hence the first time you use a DUN
+ connection after re-booting your system it may not perform as you expect,
+ and prompt you for the password. Just set and save the password again and
+ all should be OK.
+
+ [Thanks to Ray Griffith for this submission.]
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.6. I cannot connect to any FTP sites. Privoxy is blocking me.
+
+ Privoxy cannot act as a proxy for FTP traffic, so do not configure your
+ browser to use Privoxy as an FTP proxy. The same is true for any protocol
+ other than HTTP or HTTPS (SSL).
+
+ Most browsers understand FTP as well as HTTP. If you connect to a site,
+ with a URL like ftp://ftp.example.com, your browser is making an FTP
+ connection, and not a HTTP connection. So while your browser may speak
+ FTP, Privoxy does not, and cannot proxy such traffic.
+
+ To complicate matters, some systems may have a generic "proxy" setting,
+ which will enable various protocols, including both HTTP and FTP proxying!
+ So it is possible to accidentally enable FTP proxying in these cases. And
+ of course, if this happens, Privoxy will indeed cause problems since it
+ does not know FTP. Newer version will give a sane error message if a FTP
+ connection is attempted. Just disable the FTP setting and all will be well
+ again.
+
+ Will Privoxy ever proxy FTP traffic? Unlikely. There just is not much
+ reason, and the work to make this happen is more than it may seem.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.7. In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+ Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.
+
+ Microsoft Internet Explorer (in versions like 5.1) respects system-wide
+ network settings. In order to change the HTTP proxy, open System
+ Preferences, and click on the Network icon. In the settings pane that
+ comes up, click on the Proxies tab. Ensure the "Web Proxy (HTTP)" checkbox
+ is checked and enter 127.0.0.1 in the entry field. Enter 8118 in the Port
+ field. The next time you start IE, it should reflect these values.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.8. In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ empty the trash.
+
+ Just dragging the Privoxy folder to the trash is not enough to delete it.
+ Privoxy supplies an uninstall.command file that takes care of these
+ details. Open the trash, drag the uninstall.command file out of the trash
+ and double-click on it. You will be prompted for confirmation and the
+ administration password.
+
+ The trash may still appear full after this command; emptying the trash
+ from the desktop should make it appear empty again.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.9. In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+ experience random delays in page loading. I'm using localhost as my
+ browser's proxy setting.
+
+ We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in OSX, but don't fully
+ understand the issue yet. In any case, changing the proxy setting to
+ 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost works around the problem.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.10. I get a completely blank page at one site. "View Source" shows only:
+ <html><body></body></html>. Without Privoxy the page loads fine.
+
+ Chances are that the site suffers from a bug in PHP, which results in
+ empty pages being sent if the client explicitly requests an uncompressed
+ page, like Privoxy does. This bug has been fixed in PHP 4.2.3.
+
+ To find out if this is in fact the source of the problem, try adding the
+ site to a -prevent-compression section in user.action:
+
+ # Make exceptions for ill-behaved sites:
+ #
+ {-prevent-compression}
+ .example.com
+
+ If that works, you may also want to report the problem to the site's
+ webmasters, telling them to use zlib.output_compression instead of
+ ob_gzhandler in their PHP applications (workaround) or upgrade to PHP
+ 4.2.3 or later (fix).
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.11. My logs show many "Unable to get my own hostname" lines. Why?
+
+ Privoxy tries to get the hostname of the system its running on from the IP
+ address of the system interface it is bound to (from the config file
+ listen-address setting). If the system cannot supply this information,
+ Privoxy logs this condition.
+
+ Typically, this would be considered a minor system configuration error. It
+ is not a fatal error to Privoxy however, but may result in a much slower
+ response from Privoxy on some platforms due to DNS timeouts.
+
+ This can be caused by a problem with the local HOSTS file. If this file
+ has been changed from the original, try reverting it to see if that helps.
+ Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system, that they
+ resolve both ways.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.12. When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an error message "port 8118 is
+ already in use" (or similar wording). Why?
+
+ Port 8118 is Privoxy's default TCP "listening" port. Typically this
+ message would mean that there is already one instance of Privoxy running,
+ and your system is actually trying to start a second Privoxy on the same
+ port, which will not work. (You can have multiple instances but they must
+ be assigned different ports.) How and why this might happen varies from
+ platform to platform, but you need to check your installation and start-up
+ procedures.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.13. Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
+
+ This is caused by the "demoronizer" filter. You should either upgrade
+ Privoxy, or at least upgrade to the most recent default.action file
+ available from SourceForge. Or you can simply disable the demoronizer
+ filter.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.14. Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy is used?
+
+ This may also be caused by the "demoronizer" filter, in conjunction with a
+ web server that is misreporting the content type. Binary files are
+ exempted from Privoxy's filtering (unless the web server by mistake says
+ the file is something else). Either upgrade Privoxy, or go to the most
+ recent default.action file available from SourceForge.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.15. What is the "demoronizer" and why is it there?
+
+ The original demoronizer was a Perl script that cleaned up HTML pages
+ which were created with certain Microsoft products. MS has used
+ proprietary extensions to standardized font encodings (ISO 8859-1), which
+ has caused problems for pages that are viewed with non-Microsoft products
+ (and are expecting to see a standard set of fonts). The demoronizer
+ corrected these errors so the pages displayed correctly. Privoxy borrowed
+ from this script, introducing a filter based on the original demoronizer,
+ which in turn could correct these errors on the fly.
+
+ But this is only needed in some situations, and will cause serious
+ problems in some other situations.
+
+ If you are using Microsoft products, you do not need it. If you need to
+ view pages with UTF-8 characters (such as Cyrillic or Chinese), then it
+ will cause corruption of the fonts, and thus should not be on.
+
+ On the other hand, if you use non-Microsoft products, and you occasionally
+ notice weird characters on pages, you might want to try it.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.16. Why do I keep seeing "PrivoxyWindowOpen()" in raw source code?
+
+ Privoxy is attempting to disable malicious Javascript in this case, with
+ the unsolicited-popups filter. Privoxy cannot tell very well "good" code
+ snippets from "bad" code snippets.
+
+ If you see this in HTML source, and the page displays without problems,
+ then this is good, and likely some pop-up window was disabled. If you see
+ this where it is causing a problem, such as a downloaded program source
+ code file, then you should set an exception for this site or page such
+ that the integrity of the page stays in tact by disabling all filtering.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.17. I am getting too many DNS errors like "404 No Such Domain". Why can't
+ Privoxy do this better?
+
+ There are potentially several factors here. First of all, the DNS
+ resolution is done by the underlying operating system -- not Privoxy
+ itself. Privoxy merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then
+ later reports whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent
+ message if there seems to be a problem. In some cases, this might
+ otherwise be mitigated by the browser itself which might try some
+ work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g adding "www." to the URL).
+
+ In other cases, if Privoxy is being chained with another proxy, this could
+ complicate the issue, and cause undue delays and timeouts. In the case of
+ a "socks4a" proxy, the socks server handles all the DNS. Privoxy would
+ just be the "messenger" which is reporting whatever problem occurred
+ downstream, and not the root cause of the error.
+
+ In any case, versions newer than 3.0.3 include various improvements to
+ help Privoxy better handle these cases.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.18. At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking all CPU. Why is
+ this?
+
+ This is probably a manifestation of the "100% cpu" problem that occurs on
+ pages containing many (thousands upon thousands) of blank lines. The blank
+ lines are in the raw HTML source of the page, and the browser just ignores
+ them. But the pattern matching in Privoxy's page filtering mechanism is
+ trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes very
+ CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
+ solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
+ js-annoyances and unsolicited-popups filters.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.19. I just installed Privoxy, and all my browsing has slowed to a crawl.
+ What gives?
+
+ This should not happen, and for the overwhelming number of users
+ world-wide, it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent
+ interaction of software components such as anti-virus software, spyware
+ protectors, personal firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or
+ uninstalling) these one at a time and see if that helps.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 5.20. Why do my filters work on some sites but not on others?
+
+ It's probably due to compression. It is a common practice for web servers
+ to send their content "compressed" in order to speed things up, and then
+ let the browser "uncompress" them. When compiled with zlib support Privoxy
+ can decompress content before filtering, otherwise you may want to enable
+ prevent-compression.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+6. Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests
+
+ We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve Privoxy and its
+ configuration. However, please note the following hints, so we can provide
+ you with the best support:
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.1. Get Support
+
+ For casual users, our support forum at SourceForge is probably best
+ suited: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118
+
+ All users are of course welcome to discuss their issues on the users
+ mailing list, where the developers also hang around.
+
+ Note that the Privoxy mailing lists are moderated. Posts from unsubscribed
+ addresses have to be accepted manually by a moderator. This may cause a
+ delay of several days and if you use a subject that doesn't clearly
+ mention Privoxy or one of its features, your message may be accidentally
+ discarded as spam.
+
+ If you aren't subscribed, you should therefore spend a few seconds to come
+ up with a proper subject. Additionally you should make it clear that you
+ want to get CC'd. Otherwise some responses will be directed to the mailing
+ list only, and you won't see them.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.2. Reporting Problems
+
+ "Problems" for our purposes, come in two forms:
+
+ * Configuration issues, such as ads that slip through, or sites that
+ don't function properly due to one Privoxy "action" or another being
+ turned "on".
+
+ * "Bugs" in the programming code that makes up Privoxy, such as that
+ might cause a crash.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.2.1. Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems
+
+ Please send feedback on ads that slipped through, innocent images that
+ were blocked, sites that don't work properly, and other configuration
+ related problem of default.action file, to
+ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, the Actions
+ File Tracker.
+
+ New, improved default.action files may occasionally be made available
+ based on your feedback. These will be announced on the ijbswa-announce
+ list and available from our the files section of our project page.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.2.2. Reporting Bugs
+
+ Please report all bugs through our bug tracker:
+ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118.
+
+ Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has not already been
+ submitted and observe the additional hints at the top of the submit form.
+ If already submitted, please feel free to add any info to the original
+ report that might help to solve the issue.
+
+ Please try to verify that it is a Privoxy bug, and not a browser or site
+ bug or documented behaviour that just happens to be different than what
+ you expected. If unsure, try toggling off Privoxy, and see if the problem
+ persists.
+
+ If you are using your own custom configuration, please try the stock
+ configs to see if the problem is configuration related. If you're having
+ problems with a feature that is disabled by default, please ask around on
+ the mailing list if others can reproduce the problem.
+
+ If you aren't using the latest Privoxy version, the bug may have been
+ found and fixed in the meantime. We would appreciate if you could take the
+ time to upgrade to the latest version (or even the latest CVS snapshot)
+ and verify that your bug still exists.
+
+ Please be sure to provide the following information:
+
+ * The exact Privoxy version you are using (if you got the source from
+ CVS, please also provide the source code revisions as shown in
+ http://config.privoxy.org/show-version).
+
+ * The operating system and versions you run Privoxy on, (e.g. Windows XP
+ SP2), if you are using a Unix flavor, sending the output of "uname -a"
+ should do, in case of GNU/Linux, please also name the distribution.
+
+ * The name, platform, and version of the browser you were using (e.g.
+ Internet Explorer v5.5 for Mac).
+
+ * The URL where the problem occurred, or some way for us to duplicate
+ the problem (e.g. http://somesite.example.com/?somethingelse=123).
+
+ * Whether your version of Privoxy is one supplied by the Privoxy
+ developers via SourceForge, or if you got your copy somewhere else.
+
+ * Whether you are using Privoxy in tandem with another proxy such as
+ Tor. If so, please temporary disable the other proxy to see if the
+ symptoms change.
+
+ * Whether you are using a personal firewall product. If so, does Privoxy
+ work without it?
+
+ * Any other pertinent information to help identify the problem such as
+ config or log file excerpts (yes, you should have log file entries for
+ each action taken).
+
+ You don't have to tell us your actual name when filing a problem report,
+ but please use a nickname so we can differentiate between your messages
+ and the ones entered by other "anonymous" users that may respond to your
+ request if they have the same problem or already found a solution.
+
+ Please also check the status of your request a few days after submitting
+ it, as we may request additional information. If you use a SF id, you
+ should automatically get a mail when someone responds to your request.
+
+ The appendix of the Privoxy User Manual also has helpful information on
+ understanding actions, and action debugging.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.3. Request New Features
+
+ You are welcome to submit ideas on new features or other proposals for
+ improvement through our feature request tracker at
+ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 6.4. Other
+
+ For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists. Technically
+ interested users and people who wish to contribute to the project are also
+ welcome on the developers list! You can find an overview of all
+ Privoxy-related mailing lists, including list archives, at:
+ http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History
+
+ Copyright (c) 2001-2008 by Privoxy Developers
+ <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
+
+ Some source code is based on code Copyright (c) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
+ and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
+
+ Portions of this document are "borrowed" from the original Junkbuster (tm)
+ FAQ, and modified as appropriate for Privoxy.
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 7.1. License
+
+ Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ for more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, write to the
+
+ Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301
+ USA
+
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ 7.2. History
+
+ A long time ago, there was the Internet Junkbuster, by Anonymous Coders
+ and Junkbusters Corporation. This saved many users a lot of pain in the
+ early days of web advertising and user tracking.
+
+ But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for
+ forcing ads on users, give up autonomy over their browsing, and for
+ tracking them, keeps evolving. Unfortunately, the Internet Junkbuster did
+ not. Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was (and is) the last official
+ release available from Junkbusters Corporation. Fortunately, it had been
+ released under the GNU GPL, which allowed further development by others.
+
+ So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an improved version of the
+ software, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches. It
+ could already replace banners with a transparent image, and had a first
+ version of pop-up killing, but it was still very closely based on the
+ original, with all its limitations, such as the lack of HTTP/1.1 support,
+ flexible per-site configuration, or content modification. The last release
+ from this effort was version 2.0.2-10, published in 2000.
+
+ Then, some developers picked up the thread, and started turning the
+ software inside out, upside down, and then reassembled it, adding many new
+ features along the way.