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31 >Privoxy - Homepage</A
79 >Support and Service via Sourceforge</A
85 HREF="#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
95 HREF="#CONTACT-FEATURE"
96 >Request New Features</A
101 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
105 HREF="#CONTACT-OTHER"
139 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
140 capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
141 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
142 obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
146 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
150 > has application for both
151 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
176 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
178 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
182 > on Sourceforge<br>
187 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
188 > A list of <A
189 HREF="user-manual/introduction.html#AEN37"
197 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
199 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
201 >Stefan Waldherr's site</A
207 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
209 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijbfaq.html"
211 >Junkbusters Corporation</A
232 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
234 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
236 >Download recent releases</A
242 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
244 HREF="user-manual/quickstart.html"
246 >Quickstart after installation</A
252 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
254 HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ijbswa/current/"
256 >Browse our CVS repository</A
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279 HREF="user-manual/index.html"
287 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
289 HREF="faq/index.html"
291 >Frequently Asked Questions</A
297 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
299 HREF="man-page/privoxy-man-page.html"
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309 HREF="team/index.html"
311 >Pictures of the Privoxy Team</A
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319 HREF="developer-manual/index.html"
334 >Support and Service via Sourceforge</A
337 > We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve
341 > and its configuration.
342 However, please note the following hints, so we can
343 provide you with the best support:</P
349 NAME="CONTACT-SUPPORT"
353 > For casual users, our support forum at
355 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/"
359 is probably best suited:
361 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118"
363 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118</A
366 > All users are of course welcome to discuss their issues on the <A
367 HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users"
371 >, where the developers also hang around.</P
382 > Please report all bugs <I
388 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118"
390 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118</A
393 > Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has not already been submitted
394 and observe the aditional hints at the top of the <A
395 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=11118&atid=111118"
402 Please try to verify that it is a <SPAN
406 and not a browser or site bug first. If unsure,
408 HREF="javascript:void(window.open('http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?mini=y&set=disabled','ijbstatus','width=250,height=100,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
415 >, and see if the problem persists.
417 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
420 of the user manual</A
421 > also has helpful information
422 on action debugging. If you are using your own custom configuration, please try
423 the stock configs to see if the problem is configuration related.</P
425 > If not using the latest version, chances are that the bug has been found
426 and fixed in the meantime. We would appreciate if you could take the time
428 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html"
431 to the latest version</A
432 > (or even the latest CVS snapshot) and verify
433 your bug, but this is not required for reporting.</P
440 NAME="CONTACT-FEATURE"
441 >Request New Features</A
444 > You are welcome to submit ideas on new features or other proposals
445 for improvement through our feature request tracker at
447 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118"
449 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118</A
458 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
461 > Please send feedback on ads that slipped through, innocent images that were blocked,
462 and any other problems relating to the <TT
466 our actions feedback mechanism located at
468 HREF="javascript:w=Math.floor(screen.width/2);h=Math.floor(screen.height*0.9);void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','screenx='+w+',width='+w+',height='+h+',scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
470 >http://www.privoxy.org/actions/</A
472 On this page, you will also find a bookmark which will take you back there from
473 any troubled site and even pre-fill the form!</P
478 > files will occasionally be made
479 available based on your feedback. These will be announced on the <A
480 HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce"
484 list and available from our <A
485 HREF="http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/"
499 >For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists. Technically interested users
500 and people who wish to contribute to the project are also welcome on the developers list!
501 You can find an overview of all <SPAN
504 >-related mailing lists,
505 including list archives, at:
507 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118"
509 >http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118</A
522 > Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <TT
525 HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org"
526 >developers@privoxy.org</A
530 > Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders
531 and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I
540 > is free software; you can
541 redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
546 >, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.</P
548 > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
549 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
550 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
553 >GNU General Public License</I
556 more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
557 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.</P
559 > You should have received a copy of the <A
560 HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
564 >GNU General Public License</I
567 along with this program; if not, write to the <P
569 > Free Software<br>
570 Foundation, Inc. <SPAN
572 >59 Temple Place</SPAN
573 > - Suite 330<br>
599 > In the beginning, there was the
601 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html"
605 >Internet Junkbuster</SPAN
608 by Anonymous Coders and <A
609 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/"
613 >. It saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of
614 web advertising and user tracking.</P
616 > But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for
617 forcing users to consume ads, give up autonomy over their browsing, and
618 for spying on them, kept evolving. Unfortunately, the <SPAN
622 > did not. Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was
623 (and is) the last official
625 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release"
630 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com"
632 >Junkbusters Corporation</A
634 Fortunately, it had been released under the GNU
636 HREF="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"
639 >, which allowed further
640 development by others.</P
642 > So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an
644 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
646 >improved version of the
648 >, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
649 It could already replace banners with a transparent image, and had a first
650 version of pop-up killing, but it was still very closely based on the
651 original, with all its limitations, such as the lack of HTTP/1.1 support,
652 flexible per-site configuration, or content modification. The last release
653 from this effort was version 2.0.2-10, published in 2000.</P
657 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS"
661 picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down,
662 and then reassembled it, adding many
664 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES"
670 > The result of this is <SPAN
674 stable release, 3.0, is due in May 2002.</P
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719 > Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers