>The Main Configuration File</TITLE
><META
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-"><LINK
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.60"><LINK
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> suffix</P
></DD
><DT
->Default value:</DT
+>Default values:</DT
><DD
><P
></P
><DD
><P
> The <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
->filter</A
-> file to use
+HREF="filter-file.html"
+>filter file</A
+> to use
</P
></DD
><DT
> No textual content filtering takes place, i.e. all
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
->+filter{<TT
+>+<A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
+>filter</A
+>{<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
>Notes:</DT
><DD
><P
-> The <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"default.filter"</SPAN
-> file contains content modification rules
- that use <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"regular expressions"</SPAN
->. These rules permit powerful
- changes on the content of Web pages, e.g., you could disable your favorite
+> The <A
+HREF="filter-file.html"
+>filter file</A
+> contains content modification
+ rules that use <A
+HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
+>regular expressions</A
+>. These rules permit
+ powerful changes on the content of Web pages, e.g., you could disable your favorite
JavaScript annoyances, re-write the actual displayed text, or just have some
fun replacing <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
> wherever
it appears on a Web page.
</P
+><P
+> The
+ <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>+<A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
+>filter</A
+>{<TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>name</I
+></TT
+>}</TT
+>
+ actions rely on the relevant filter (<TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>name</I
+></TT
+>)
+ to be defined in the filter file!
+ </P
+><P
+> A pre-defined filter file called <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>default.filter</TT
+> that contains
+ a bunch of handy filters for common problems is included in the distribution.
+ See the section on the <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+><A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
+>filter</A
+></TT
+>
+ action for a list.
+ </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> for more users
- that just yourself, it might be a good idea to let them know how to reach
- you, what you block and why you do that, your policies etc.
+ than just yourself, it might be a good idea to let them know how to reach
+ you, what you block and why you do that, your policies, etc.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><DD
><P
> The User Manual URI is used for help links from some of the internal CGI pages.
- The manual itself is normally packaged with the binary distributions, so you propably want
+ The manual itself is normally packaged with the binary distributions, so you probably want
to set this to a locally installed copy. For multi-user setups, you could provide a copy on
a local webserver for all your users and use the corresponding URL here.
</P
><DD
><P
> The value of this option only matters if the experimental trust mechanism has been
- activated. (See <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->trustfile</TT
+ activated. (See <A
+HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>trustfile</I
+></A
> above.)
</P
><P
>Specifies:</DT
><DD
><P
-> Key values that determine what information gets logged.
+> Key values that determine what information gets logged to the
+ <A
+HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>logfile</I
+></A
+>.
</P
></DD
><DT
>Default value:</DT
><DD
><P
->localhost:8118</P
+>127.0.0.1:8118</P
></DD
><DT
>Effect if unset:</DT
><DD
><P
-> Bind to localhost (127.0.0.1), port 8118. This is suitable and recommended for
+> Bind to 127.0.0.1 (localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and recommended for
home users who run <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"toggled off"</SPAN
> mode, i.e. behave like a normal, content-neutral
- proxy. See <TT
+ proxy where all ad blocking, filtering, etc are disabled. See
+ <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>enable-remote-toggle</TT
->
- below. This is not really useful anymore, since toggling is much easier
- via <A
+> below. This is not really useful
+ anymore, since toggling is much easier via <A
HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle"
TARGET="_top"
->the web
- interface</A
-> than via editing the <TT
+>the web interface</A
+> than via
+ editing the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>conf</TT
> file.
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> only listens on the localhost or internal (home)
- network address by means of the <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->listen-address</TT
-> option.
+> only listens on the localhost
+ (127.0.0.1) or internal (home) network address by means of the
+ <A
+HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>listen-address</I
+></A
+>
+ option.
</P
><P
> Please see the warnings in the FAQ that this proxy is not intended to be a substitute