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><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="INSTALLATION">2. Installation</H1
+NAME="INSTALLATION"
+>2. Installation</A
+></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
+NAME="WHICHBROWSERS"
+>2.1. Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</H3
+NAME="WHICHOS"
+>2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</A
+></H3
><P
> At present, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is known to run on
- Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Conectiva, Gentoo,
- Slackware), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, and more
- flavors of Unix.</P
+ Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Conectiva, Gentoo,
+ Slackware), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris,
+ and many more flavors of Unix.</P
><P
> But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of
<SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="NEWINSTALL">2.3. Can I install
+NAME="EMAIL-CLIENT"
+>2.3. Can I use <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> with my email client?</A
+></H3
+><P
+> As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client, then yes,
+ any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking a
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"browser"</SPAN
+> or not. Though this may not be the best approach for
+ dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in email. See <A
+HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK"
+>How can I configure <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ with <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Outlook Express</SPAN
+>?</A
+> below for more on
+ this. </P
+><P
+> Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and privacy
+ related issues, that can require advanced skills to overcome. The developers
+ recommend using email clients that can be configured to convert HTML to plain
+ text for these reasons.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="NEWINSTALL"
+>2.4. Can I install
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> over <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> We recommend you un-install <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN209">2.4. I just installed <SPAN
+NAME="AEN226"
+>2.5. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>. Is there anything
-special I have to do now?</H3
+special I have to do now?</A
+></H3
><P
> All browsers must be told to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See below.
You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
- cached junk items. </P
+ cached junk items, and remove any stored cookies. </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
+NAME="LOCALHOST"
+>2.6. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> If you set up the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> to run on
the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
- networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <TT
+ networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <VAR
CLASS="LITERAL"
->127.0.0.1</TT
+>127.0.0.1</VAR
>
(sometimes referred to as <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> does not currently handle
- protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
- protocols.
+ any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed <SPAN
+NAME="NOTHING"
+>2.7. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, and nothing is happening.
-All the ads are there. What's wrong?</H3
+All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
+></H3
><P
> Did you configure your browser to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> is running, and your browser
is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
<A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/"
+HREF="http://p.p/"
TARGET="_top"
->http://config.privoxy.org/</A
->.
+>http://p.p/</A
+>.
+
This should take you to a page titled <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"This is Privoxy.."</SPAN
HREF="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE"
TARGET="_top"
>log file</A
+>. For instructions
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> and browser configuration,
+ see the <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>chapter
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+></A
+> in the
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>user manual</A
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="NOTUSED"
+>2.8. 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
+></H3
+><P
+> First, make sure that Privoxy is <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>really</I
+></SPAN
+> running and
+ being used by visiting <A
+HREF="http://p.p/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://p.p/</A
+>. You
+ should see the <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> main page. If not, see
+ the <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>chapter
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+></A
+> in the
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>user manual</A
+>.</P
+><P
+> Now if <A
+HREF="http://p.p/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://p.p/</A
+> works for you, but
+ other parts of <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>'s web interface show
+ the dummy page, your browser has cached a redirection it encountered before
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> was being used. You need to clear your
+ browser's cache. Note that shift-reloading the dummy page won't help, since
+ that'll only refresh the dummy page, not the redirection that lead you there.</P
+><P
+> The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser. As an
+ example, <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Mozilla</SPAN
+> users would click
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Edit</SPAN
+> --> <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Preferences</SPAN
+> -->
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Advanced</SPAN
+> --> <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Cache</SPAN
+> and
+ then click both <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Clear Memory Cache</SPAN
+>"</SPAN
+>
+ and <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Clear Disk Cache</SPAN
+>"</SPAN
>.</P
></DIV
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