The installed defaults provide a reasonable starting point, though some settings may be aggressive by some standards. For the time being, the @@ -306,22 +304,24 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >
default.action (the main actions file) - is used to define which match-all.action is used to define which "actions" relating to banner-blocking, images, pop-ups, - content modification, cookie handling etc should be applied by default. It also defines many - exceptions (both positive and negative) from this default set of actions that enable - Privoxy to selectively eliminate the junk, and only the junk, on - as many websites as possible. +> + relating to banner-blocking, images, pop-ups, content modification, cookie handling + etc should be applied by default. It should be the first actions file loaded. +
default.action defines many exceptions (both positive and negative) + from the default set of actions that's configured in match-all.action. + It should be the second actions file loaded and shouldn't be edited by the user.
Multiple actions files may be defined in config. These are processed in the order they are defined. Local customizations and locally - preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in + preferred exceptions to the default policies as defined in default.actionmatch-all.action (which you will most probably want - to define sooner or later) are probably best applied in - user.action, where you can preserve them across - upgrades. +>, + where you can preserve them across upgrades. The file isn't installed by all + installers, but you can easily create it yourself with a text editor.
@@ -449,14 +449,6 @@ CLASS="EMPHASIS" >old listening address.
While under development, the configuration content is subject to change. - The below documentation may not be accurate by the time you read this. - Also, what constitutes a "default" setting, may change, so - please check all your configuration files on important issues.