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->By: Privoxy Developers<BR></SPAN
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->$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.49 2002/04/12 10:10:18 swa Exp $<BR></P
+> <SUB
+> <A
+HREF="copyright.html"
+>Copyright</A
+> © 2001-2004 by
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org"
+TARGET="_top"
+>Privoxy Developers</A
+>
+ </SUB
+><BR></P
+><P
+CLASS="PUBDATE"
+>$Id: index.html,v 1.15.2.10 2004/01/31 00:05:43 oes Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
+><P
+></P
><A
NAME="AEN9"
></A
><P
-></P
-><P
-> </P
-><P
-> This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
- questions about <A
-HREF="http://www.privoxy.org"
+> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>Privoxy</A
->
- .
+>.
+ It can't and doesn't replace the
+ <A
+HREF="../user-manual/index.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+><I
+CLASS="CITETITLE"
+>User Manual</I
+></A
+>.
+
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
+ capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing
cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> is based on the code of the
- <SPAN
+> is based on <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Internet Junkbuster</SPAN
-> (tm).
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
-> was originally written by Junkbusters
- Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
- Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
- to continue development.</P
+>Internet
+ Junkbuster</SPAN
+> (tm).</P
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> continues the
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
-> tradition, but adds many
- refinements, enhancements and new features.</P
-><P
-> You can find the latest version of the document at <A
+> Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents
+ the state at the release of version 3.0.3.
+ You can find the latest version of the document at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</A
>.
- Please see the Contact section if you want to contact the developers.
+ Please see the <A
+HREF="contact.html"
+>Contact section</A
+> if you want to
+ contact the developers.
</P
><P
></P
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
-><A
-HREF="index.html#INTRO"
-></A
-></DT
-><DT
>1. <A
HREF="general.html"
>General Information</A
></DT
><DT
>1.2. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN48"
+HREF="general.html#AEN45"
>Why <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>1.4. <A
-HREF="general.html#FEATURES"
->What are some of the new features?</A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.5. <A
HREF="general.html#PROXYMORON"
>What is a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
> work?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="general.html#AEN125"
+HREF="general.html#WHATSANAD"
>How does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
an ad, and what is not?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="general.html#AEN137"
+HREF="general.html#AEN136"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
This does not sound very scientific.</A
></DT
><DT
+>1.7. <A
+HREF="general.html#AEN143"
+>Will I have to configure <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ before I can use it?</A
+></DT
+><DT
>1.8. <A
HREF="general.html#BROWSERS2"
>My browser does the same things as
></DT
><DT
>1.10.2. <A
+HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE"
+>Software</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.10.3. <A
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-WORK"
>You want to work with us?</A
></DT
></DT
><DT
>2.3. <A
+HREF="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT"
+>Can I use <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> with my email client?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>2.4. <A
HREF="installation.html#NEWINSTALL"
>Can I install
<SPAN
>?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="installation.html#AEN198"
+HREF="installation.html#AEN226"
>I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
special I have to do now?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="installation.html#LOCALHOST"
>What is the proxy address of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="installation.html#AEN223"
+HREF="installation.html#NOTHING"
>I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, and nothing is happening.
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>2.8. <A
+HREF="installation.html#NOTUSED"
+>I get a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
+> dummy page although
+<SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is running and being used.</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>3.1. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#GETUPDATES"
+>Where can I get updated Actions Files?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.2. <A
HREF="configuration.html#NEWCONFIG"
>Can I use my old config files?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN241"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN312"
>What is an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
> file?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONSS"
>The <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>.</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN259"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN331"
>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</A
></DT
><DT
->3.5. <A
+>3.6. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN339"
+>There are several different <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"actions"</SPAN
+> files. What are
+the differences?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.7. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#YAHOO"
+>How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/GMX account work?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.8. <A
HREF="configuration.html#CONFIGFILES"
->What are the differences between
-intermediate.action, basic.action, etc.?</A
+>What's the difference between the
+<SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Cautious"</SPAN
+>, <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Medium"</SPAN
+> and <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Adventuresome"</SPAN
+> defaults?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#BROWSECONFIG"
->Why can I change the configuration with a
-browser? Does that not raise security issues?</A
+>Why can I change the configuration
+with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?</A
></DT
><DT
->3.7. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN381"
->What is <SPAN
+>3.10. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN404"
+>What is the <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>default.filter</TT
+> file? What is a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"default.filter"</SPAN
+>"filter"</SPAN
>?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN393"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN420"
>How can I set up <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
LAN?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN405"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN446"
>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN420"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN463"
>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
></DT
><DT
->3.11. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN425"
->I see large red banners on some pages that say
-<SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Blocked"</SPAN
->. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
-></DT
-><DT
->3.12. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#ALLISEEISRED"
->I cannot see all of the <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Blocked"</SPAN
-> page banner. All I
-see is a bright red square.</A
+>3.14. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN468"
+>I see some images being replaced by a text
+instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#SRVANY"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
on Win2K/NT?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY"
>How can I make <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Squid</SPAN
>?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>3.17. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#PORT-80"
+>Can I just set <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> to use port 80
+and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.18. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#TRANSPARENT"
+>Can <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> run as a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"transparent"</SPAN
+> proxy?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.19. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK"
+>How can I configure <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> for use with <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Outlook
+ Express</SPAN
+>?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.20. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK-MORE"
+>How can I have separate rules just for HTML mail?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.21. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES"
+>How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN475"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN537"
>How much does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
><DT
>4.3. <A
HREF="misc.html#CONFIGURL"
->What is the "http://p.p/"?</A
+>What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
+"http://p.p/"?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4. <A
></DT
><DT
>4.7. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN532"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN598"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.8. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN543"
->Might some things break because header information is
-being altered?</A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN609"
+>Might some things break because header information or
+content is being altered?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.9. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN553"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN620"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.10. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN561"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN630"
>What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.11. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN566"
->The <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> logo that replaces ads is very blocky
-and ugly looking. Can't a better font be used?</A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN636"
+>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
+ads used to be. Why?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.12. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN575"
->I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
-Why?</A
-></DT
-><DT
->4.13. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN578"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN641"
>How can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN585"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN656"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#TURNOFF"
>How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>?</A
></DT
><DT
+>4.15. <A
+HREF="misc.html#REALLYOFF"
+>When <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"disabled"</SPAN
+> is <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> totally
+out of the picture?</A
+></DT
+><DT
>4.16. <A
+HREF="misc.html#CRUNCH"
+>My logs show <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"crunches"</SPAN
+>
+ads, but also its own CGI pages. What is a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"crunch"</SPAN
+>?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>4.17. <A
+HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS"
+>Can <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> effect files that I download
+from a webserver? FTP server?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>4.18. <A
+HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2"
+>I just downloaded a Perl script, and <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>4.19. <A
HREF="misc.html#SEEALSO"
>Where can I find more information about <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>
and related issues?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>4.20. <A
+HREF="misc.html#MICROSUCK"
+>I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Microsoft"</SPAN
+> to
+<SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"MicroSuck"</SPAN
+>! Why are you manipulating my browsing?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN644"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN801"
>I just upgraded and am getting <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"connection refused"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN657"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN814"
>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.3. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN663"
+HREF="trouble.html#BADSITE"
>One of my favorite sites does not work with <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>5.4. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#BUGS"
->Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?</A
+HREF="trouble.html#DUN"
+>After installing <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>, I have to log in
+every time I start IE. What gives?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.5. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN690"
->What time is it?</A
+HREF="trouble.html#FTP"
+>I cannot connect to any FTP sites. <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ seems to be blocking me.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.6. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#OSXIE"
+>In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> as the HTTP proxy.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.7. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#OSXUNINSTALL"
+>In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ empty the trash.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.8. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#OSXIMAGES"
+>In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+ experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
+ <VAR
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>localhost</VAR
+> as my browser's proxy setting.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.9. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE"
+>I get a completely blank page at one site. <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"View Source"</SPAN
+>
+ shows only: <SPAN
+CLASS="MARKUP"
+><html><body></body></html></SPAN
+>. Without
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> the page loads fine.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.10. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#ERROR503"
+>Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.11. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME"
+>My logs show many <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Unable to get my own hostname"</SPAN
+> lines.
+Why?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.12. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#INUSE"
+>When I try to launch <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>, I get an
+error message <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"port 8118 is already in use"</SPAN
+> (or similar wording).
+Why?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.13. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER"
+>Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.14. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2"
+>Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ is used?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.15. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3"
+>What is the <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"demoronizer"</SPAN
+> and why is it there?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.16. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN"
+>Why do I keep seeing <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</SPAN
+> in raw source code?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
HREF="contact.html"
>Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</A
></DT
+><DD
+><DL
+><DT
+>6.1. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
+>Get Support</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>6.2. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
+>Report Bugs</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>6.3. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
+>Request New Features</A
+></DT
><DT
->8. <A
+>6.4. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
+>Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>6.5. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
+>Other</A
+></DT
+></DL
+></DD
+><DT
+>7. <A
HREF="copyright.html"
->Copyright and History</A
+>Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN720"
->Copyright</A
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1014"
+>License</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN727"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1030"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT1"
-><H1
-CLASS="SECT1"
-><A
-NAME="INTRO"
-></A
-></H1
-><P
-> </P
-></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
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