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in <tt class="FILENAME">default.action</tt> are:</p>
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- <a name="AEN2761" id="AEN2761"></a>
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<p class="c3">Table 1. Default Configurations</p>
actions</a>.</p>
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- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN2860" id="AEN2860">8.1. Finding the Right
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN2879" id="AEN2879">8.1. Finding the Right
Mix</a></h2>
<p>Note that some <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS">actions</a>, like
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- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN2867" id="AEN2867">8.2. How to
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN2886" id="AEN2886">8.2. How to
Edit</a></h2>
<p>The easiest way to edit the actions files is with a browser by using
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN2979" id="AEN2979">8.4.1. The Domain
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN2998" id="AEN2998">8.4.1. The Domain
Pattern</a></h3>
<p>The matching of the domain part offers some flexible options: if
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN3055" id="AEN3055">8.4.2. The Path
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN3074" id="AEN3074">8.4.2. The Path
Pattern</a></h3>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> uses <span class=
<p>This is a left-over from the time when <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> didn't support important HTTP/1.1
features well. It is left here for the unlikely case that you
- experience HTTP/1.1 related problems with some server out
- there. Not all HTTP/1.1 features and requirements are supported
- yet, so there is a chance you might need this action.</p>
+ experience HTTP/1.1-related problems with some server out
+ there.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that enabling this action is only a workaround. It
+ should not be enabled for sites that work without it. While it
+ shouldn't break any pages, it has an (usually negative)
+ performance impact.</p>
+
+ <p>If you come across a site where enabling this action helps,
+ please report it, so the cause of the problem can be analyzed.
+ If the problem turns out to be caused by a bug in <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> it should be fixed so the
+ following release works without the work around.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Example usage (section):</dt>
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4684" id="AEN4684">8.5.34.
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4706" id="AEN4706">8.5.34.
Summary</a></h3>
<p>Note that many of these actions have the potential to cause a page
together:</p>
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4748" id="AEN4748">8.7.1.
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4770" id="AEN4770">8.7.1.
match-all.action</a></h3>
<p>Remember <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">all actions are
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4770" id="AEN4770">8.7.2.
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4792" id="AEN4792">8.7.2.
default.action</a></h3>
<p>If you aren't a developer, there's no need for you to edit the
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- <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4883" id="AEN4883">8.7.3.
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="AEN4905" id="AEN4905">8.7.3.
user.action</a></h3>
<p>So far we are painting with a broad brush by setting general