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><A
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+NAME="AEN2"
+>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</A
+></H1
><P
CLASS="PUBDATE"
> <SUB
> <A
HREF="copyright.html"
>Copyright</A
-> © 2001, 2002 by
+> © 2001-2004 by
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HREF="http://www.privoxy.org"
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->$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.2 2002/09/05 04:25:05 hal9 Exp $<BR></P
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><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
-><A
-NAME="AEN9"><P
+><P
></P
+><A
+NAME="AEN9"
+></A
><P
> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
<A
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
+ capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing
cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> (tm).</P
><P
> Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents
- the state at the release of version 3.1.1.
+ the state at the release of version 3.0.3.
You can find the latest version of the document at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
TARGET="_top"
></DT
><DT
>1.7. <A
+HREF="general.html#AEN143"
+>Will I have to configure <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ before I can use it?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.8. <A
HREF="general.html#BROWSERS2"
>My browser does the same things as
<SPAN
> at all?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#LICENSE"
>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
warranty? Registration?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM"
>I would like to help you, what do I do?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-MONEY"
>Money Money Money</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE"
>Software</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-WORK"
>You want to work with us?</A
></DT
></DT
><DT
>2.3. <A
+HREF="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT"
+>Can I use <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> with my email client?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>2.4. <A
HREF="installation.html#NEWINSTALL"
>Can I install
<SPAN
>?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="installation.html#AEN209"
+HREF="installation.html#AEN226"
>I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
special I have to do now?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="installation.html#LOCALHOST"
>What is the proxy address of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="installation.html#NOTHING"
>I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>, and nothing is happening.
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>2.8. <A
+HREF="installation.html#NOTUSED"
+>I get a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
+> dummy page although
+<SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is running and being used.</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
></DT
><DT
>3.3. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN266"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN312"
>What is an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.5. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN285"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN331"
>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.6. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN293"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN339"
>There are several different <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
>"Medium"</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Advanced"</SPAN
+>"Adventuresome"</SPAN
> defaults?</A
></DT
><DT
></DT
><DT
>3.10. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN431"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN404"
>What is the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.filter</TT
></DT
><DT
>3.11. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN447"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN420"
>How can I set up <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.12. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN465"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN446"
>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</A
></DT
><DT
>3.13. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN482"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN463"
>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.14. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN487"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN468"
>I see some images being replaced by a text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
></DT
>"transparent"</SPAN
> proxy?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>3.19. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK"
+>How can I configure <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> for use with <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Outlook
+ Express</SPAN
+>?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.20. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK-MORE"
+>How can I have separate rules just for HTML mail?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.21. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES"
+>How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN528"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN537"
>How much does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.7. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN588"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN598"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.8. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN599"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN609"
>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.9. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN610"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN620"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.10. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN620"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN630"
>What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.11. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN626"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN636"
>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.12. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN631"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN641"
>How can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.13. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN642"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN656"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.18. <A
+HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2"
+>I just downloaded a Perl script, and <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>4.19. <A
HREF="misc.html#SEEALSO"
>Where can I find more information about <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>
and related issues?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>4.20. <A
+HREF="misc.html#MICROSUCK"
+>I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Microsoft"</SPAN
+> to
+<SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"MicroSuck"</SPAN
+>! Why are you manipulating my browsing?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN755"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN801"
>I just upgraded and am getting <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"connection refused"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN768"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN814"
>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
></DT
></DT
><DT
>5.8. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#OSXIMAGES"
+>In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+ experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
+ <VAR
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>localhost</VAR
+> as my browser's proxy setting.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.9. <A
HREF="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE"
>I get a completely blank page at one site. <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
shows only: <SPAN
CLASS="MARKUP"
><html><body></body></html></SPAN
->.</A
+>. Without
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> the page loads fine.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.10. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#ERROR503"
+>Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.11. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME"
+>My logs show many <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Unable to get my own hostname"</SPAN
+> lines.
+Why?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.12. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#INUSE"
+>When I try to launch <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>, I get an
+error message <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"port 8118 is already in use"</SPAN
+> (or similar wording).
+Why?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.13. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER"
+>Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.14. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2"
+>Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ is used?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.15. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3"
+>What is the <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"demoronizer"</SPAN
+> and why is it there?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.16. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN"
+>Why do I keep seeing <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</SPAN
+> in raw source code?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN891"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1014"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN907"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1030"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
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