Introduction
Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering - capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing - cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other - obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very - flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and - tastes. Privoxy has application for both - stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
Privoxy is based on Internet - Junkbuster (tm).
Support and Service via Sourceforge
We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please - note the following sections.
Get Support
To get support, use the Sourceforge Support Forum:
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- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118
Report bugs
To submit bugs, use the Sourceforge Bug Forum:
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- 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 version, platform, browser, any - pertinent log data, any other relevant details (please be specific) and, - if possible, some way to reproduce the bug. -
Request new features
To submit ideas on new features, use the Sourceforge feature request forum:
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- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse.
Report ads or other filter problems
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. -
New, improved default.action files will occasionally be made - available based on your feedback. These will be announced on the ijbswa-announce - list.
Other
For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists:
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- 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. See the page on Sourceforge. -
License
Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders - and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNU General Public - 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, 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
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 ;-).