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- <a name="CONTACT">6. Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and
- Feature Requests</a>
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- <p>
- We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and its configuration. However,
- please note the following hints, so we can provide you with the best
- support:
- </p>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="CONTACT-SUPPORT">6.1. Get Support</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- For casual users, our <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118"
- target="_top">support forum at SourceForge</a> is probably best
- suited: <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118"
- target=
- "_top">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118</a>
- </p>
- <p>
- All users are of course welcome to discuss their issues on the <a
- href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users"
- target="_top">users mailing list</a>, where the developers also
- hang around.
- </p>
- <p>
- Please don't sent private support requests to individual Privoxy
- developers, either use the mailing lists or the support trackers.
- </p>
- <p>
- If you have to contact a Privoxy developer directly for other
- reasons, please send a real mail and do not bother with
- SourceForge's messaging system. Answers to SourceForge messages are
- usually bounced by SourceForge's mail server in which case the
- developer wasted time writing a response you don't get. From your
- point of view it will look like your message has been completely
- ignored, so this is frustrating for all parties involved.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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.
- </p>
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- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="REPORTING">6.2. Reporting Problems</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- <span class="QUOTE">"Problems"</span> for our purposes, come in two
- forms:
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- Configuration issues, such as ads that slip through, or sites
- that don't function properly due to one <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> <span class=
- "QUOTE">"action"</span> or another being turned <span class=
- "QUOTE">"on"</span>.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="QUOTE">"Bugs"</span> in the programming code that
- makes up <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, such as that
- might cause a crash.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <div class="SECT3">
- <h3 class="SECT3">
- <a name="CONTACT-ADS">6.2.1. Reporting Ads or Other Configuration
- Problems</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- 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 <tt class=
- "FILENAME">default.action</tt> file, to <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
- target=
- "_top">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288</a>,
- the Actions File Tracker.
- </p>
- <p>
- New, improved <tt class="FILENAME">default.action</tt> files may
- occasionally be made available based on your feedback. These will
- be announced on the <a href=
- "http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce"
- target="_top">ijbswa-announce</a> list and available from our the
- <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
- target="_top">files section</a> of our <a href=
- "http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/" target="_top">project page</a>.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT3">
- <h3 class="SECT3">
- <a name="CONTACT-BUGS">6.2.2. Reporting Bugs</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- Please report all bugs through our bug tracker: <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118"
- target=
- "_top">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has <span class=
- "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">not already been
- submitted</i></span> and observe the additional hints at the top
- of the <a href=
- "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=11118&atid=111118"
- target="_top">submit form</a>. If already submitted, please feel
- free to add any info to the original report that might help to
- solve the issue.
- </p>
- <p>
- Please try to verify that it is a <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> bug, and not a browser or site bug
- or documented behaviour that just happens to be different than
- what you expected. If unsure, try <a href=
- "http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?set=disable" target=
- "_top">toggling off</a> <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>,
- and see if the problem persists.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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.
- </p>
- <p>
- 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 <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html" target=
- "_top">upgrade to the latest version</a> (or even the latest CVS
- snapshot) and verify that your bug still exists.
- </p>
- <p>
- Please be sure to provide the following information:
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- The exact <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> version
- you are using (if you got the source from CVS, please also
- provide the source code revisions as shown in <a href=
- "http://config.privoxy.org/show-version" target=
- "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/show-version</a>).
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- The operating system and versions you run <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> on, (e.g. <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Windows XP SP2</span>), if you are using a Unix
- flavor, sending the output of <span class="QUOTE">"uname
- -a"</span> should do, in case of GNU/Linux, please also name
- the distribution.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- The name, platform, and version of the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">browser</span> you were using (e.g. <span
- class="APPLICATION">Internet Explorer v5.5</span> for Mac).
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- The URL where the problem occurred, or some way for us to
- duplicate the problem (e.g. <tt class=
- "LITERAL">http://somesite.example.com/?somethingelse=123</tt>).
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Whether your version of <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is one supplied by the <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> developers via
- SourceForge, or if you got your copy somewhere else.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Whether you are using <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in tandem with another proxy
- such as <span class="APPLICATION">Tor</span>. If so, please
- temporary disable the other proxy to see if the symptoms
- change.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Whether you are using a personal firewall product. If so,
- does <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> work without
- it?
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- 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). To get a meaningful
- logfile, please make sure that the <a href=
- "../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">logfile
- directive</a> is being used and the following <a href=
- "../user-manual/config.html#DEBUG" target="_top">debug
- options</a> are enabled:
- </p>
- <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
- debug 1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through. See also debug 1024.<br>
-
- debug 2 # show each connection status<br>
-
- debug 4 # show I/O status<br>
-
- debug 8 # show header parsing<br>
-
- debug 128 # debug redirects<br>
-
- debug 256 # debug GIF de-animation<br>
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+ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="CONTACT" id="CONTACT">6. Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
+ Requests</a></h1>
+ <p>We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and its
+ configuration. However, please note the following hints, so we can provide you with the best support.</p>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="SUFFICIENT-INFORMATION" id="SUFFICIENT-INFORMATION">6.1. Please provide sufficient
+ information</a></h2>
+ <p>A lot of support requests don't contain enough information and can't be solved without a lot of back and forth
+ which causes unnecessary delays. Reading this section should help to prevent that.</p>
+ <p>Before contacting us to report a problem, please try to verify that it is a <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> problem, and not a browser or site problem or documented behaviour that just happens
+ to be different than what you expected. If unsure, try <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?set=disable"
+ target="_top">toggling off</a> <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, and see if the problem persists.</p>
+ <p>If you are using your own custom configuration, please try the default configuration 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.</p>
+ <p>If you aren't using the latest Privoxy version, the problem may have been found and fixed in the meantime. We
+ would appreciate if you could take the time to <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html"
+ target="_top">upgrade to the latest version</a> and verify that the problem still exists.</p>
+ <p>Please be sure to provide the following information when reporting problems or requesting support:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <p>The exact <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> version you are using.</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>The operating system and versions you run <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> on, e.g. <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Windows XP SP2</span>.</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>The name, platform, and version of the <span class="APPLICATION">browser</span> you were using (e.g.
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Explorer v5.5</span> for Mac).</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>The URL where the problem occurred, or some way for us to duplicate the problem (e.g. <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">http://somesite.example.com/?somethingelse=123</tt>).</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Whether your version of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is one supplied by the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> developers, or if you got your copy somewhere else.</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Whether you are using <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> together with another proxy such as
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Tor</span>. If so, please temporary disable the other proxy to see if the symptoms
+ change.</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Whether you are using a personal firewall product. If so, does <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ work without it?</p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>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). To get a meaningful logfile, please make sure that the
+ <a href="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">logfile directive</a> is being used and the
+ following <a href="../user-manual/config.html#DEBUG" target="_top">debug options</a> are enabled (all of
+ them):</p>
+ <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
+ debug 1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through.<br>