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31 >Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</H1
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42 >Privoxy Developers</A
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58 > This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
60 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
64 It can't and doesn't replace the
66 HREF="../user-manual/index.html"
79 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
80 capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing
81 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
82 obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
86 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
90 > has application for both
91 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
102 > Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy represents
103 the state at the release of version 3.0.4.
104 You can find the latest version of the document at <A
105 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
107 >http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</A
113 contact the developers.
125 >Table of Contents</B
130 >General Information</A
136 HREF="general.html#NEWJB"
137 >What is this new version of <SPAN
144 HREF="general.html#AEN45"
148 >? Why change the name from
156 HREF="general.html#DIFFERS"
168 HREF="general.html#PROXYMORON"
180 HREF="general.html#WHATSANAD"
185 an ad, and what is not?</A
189 HREF="general.html#AEN138"
194 This does not sound very scientific.</A
198 HREF="general.html#AEN145"
199 >Will I have to configure <SPAN
203 before I can use it?</A
207 HREF="general.html#BROWSERS2"
208 >My browser does the same things as
220 HREF="general.html#LICENSE"
221 >Is there is a license or fee? What about a
222 warranty? Registration?</A
226 HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM"
227 >I would like to help you, what can I do?</A
233 HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-WORK"
234 >Would you like to participate?</A
238 HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-MONEY"
243 HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE"
252 HREF="installation.html"
259 HREF="installation.html#WHICHBROWSERS"
260 >Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
267 HREF="installation.html#WHICHOS"
268 >Which operating systems are supported?</A
272 HREF="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT"
276 > with my email client?</A
280 HREF="installation.html#NEWINSTALL"
292 HREF="installation.html#AEN235"
293 >I just installed <SPAN
297 special I have to do now?</A
301 HREF="installation.html#LOCALHOST"
302 >What is the proxy address of <SPAN
309 HREF="installation.html#NOTHING"
310 >I just installed <SPAN
313 >, and nothing is happening.
314 All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
318 HREF="installation.html#NOTUSED"
321 >"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
322 > dummy page although
326 > is running and being used.</A
332 HREF="configuration.html"
339 HREF="configuration.html#GETUPDATES"
340 >Where can I get updated Actions Files?</A
344 HREF="configuration.html#NEWCONFIG"
345 >Can I use my old config files?</A
349 HREF="configuration.html#AEN332"
357 HREF="configuration.html#ACTIONSS"
361 > concept confuses me. Please list
369 HREF="configuration.html#AEN351"
370 >How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
375 HREF="configuration.html#AEN359"
376 >There are several different <SPAN
384 HREF="configuration.html#YAHOO"
385 >How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?</A
389 HREF="configuration.html#CONFIGFILES"
390 >What's the difference between the
399 >"Adventuresome"</SPAN
404 HREF="configuration.html#BROWSECONFIG"
405 >Why can I change the configuration
406 with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?</A
410 HREF="configuration.html#AEN424"
414 > file? What is a <SPAN
421 HREF="configuration.html#AEN442"
422 >How can I set up <SPAN
425 > to act as a proxy for my
430 HREF="configuration.html#AEN468"
431 >Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</A
435 HREF="configuration.html#AEN485"
436 >Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
440 HREF="configuration.html#AEN490"
441 >I see some images being replaced by a text
442 instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
446 HREF="configuration.html#SRVANY"
455 HREF="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY"
456 >How can I make <SPAN
470 HREF="configuration.html#PORT-80"
471 >Can I just set <SPAN
475 and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</A
479 HREF="configuration.html#TRANSPARENT"
490 HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK"
491 >How can I configure <SPAN
502 HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK-MORE"
503 >How can I have separate rules just for HTML mail?</A
507 HREF="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES"
508 >How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</A
512 HREF="configuration.html#MULTIPLES"
513 >Can I have separate configurations for different users?</A
517 HREF="configuration.html#WHITELISTS"
538 HREF="misc.html#AEN584"
542 > slow my browsing down? This
543 has to add extra time to browsing.</A
547 HREF="misc.html#LOADINGTIMES"
548 >I notice considerable
549 delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</A
553 HREF="misc.html#SLOWCRAWL"
554 >I just installed <SPAN
558 browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?</A
562 HREF="misc.html#CONFIGURL"
563 >What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
568 HREF="misc.html#NEWADS"
569 >How can I submit new ads, or report
574 HREF="misc.html#NOONECARES"
575 >Why doesn't anyone answer my support
581 >How can I hide my IP address?</A
585 HREF="misc.html#AEN651"
589 > guarantee I am anonymous?</A
605 HREF="misc.html#AEN722"
606 >Might some things break because header information or
607 content is being altered?</A
611 HREF="misc.html#AEN733"
619 speed up web browsing?</A
623 HREF="misc.html#AEN743"
624 >What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
631 HREF="misc.html#AEN749"
632 >I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
633 ads used to be. Why?</A
637 HREF="misc.html#AEN754"
641 > filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
645 HREF="misc.html#AEN769"
653 secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</A
657 HREF="misc.html#TURNOFF"
658 >How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
665 HREF="misc.html#REALLYOFF"
673 out of the picture?</A
677 HREF="misc.html#CRUNCH"
685 ads, but also its own internal CGI pages. What is a <SPAN
692 HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS"
696 > effect files that I download
697 from a webserver? FTP server?</A
701 HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2"
702 >I just downloaded a Perl script, and <SPAN
706 altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</A
710 HREF="misc.html#HOSTSFILE"
711 >Should I continue to use a <SPAN
714 > file for ad-blocking?</A
718 HREF="misc.html#SEEALSO"
719 >Where can I find more information about <SPAN
723 and related issues?</A
727 HREF="misc.html#MICROSUCK"
728 >I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
735 >! Why are you manipulating my browsing?</A
748 HREF="trouble.html#AEN925"
751 >"connection refused"</SPAN
753 with every web page?</A
757 HREF="trouble.html#AEN938"
758 >I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
759 still getting through. How?</A
763 HREF="trouble.html#BADSITE"
764 >One of my favorite sites does not work with <SPAN
772 HREF="trouble.html#DUN"
773 >After installing <SPAN
777 every time I start IE. What gives?</A
781 HREF="trouble.html#FTP"
782 >I cannot connect to any FTP sites. <SPAN
786 seems to be blocking me.</A
790 HREF="trouble.html#OSXIE"
791 >In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
795 > as the HTTP proxy.</A
799 HREF="trouble.html#OSXUNINSTALL"
800 >In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
801 uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
806 HREF="trouble.html#OSXIMAGES"
807 >In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
808 experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
812 > as my browser's proxy setting.</A
816 HREF="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE"
817 >I get a completely blank page at one site. <SPAN
823 ><html><body></body></html></SPAN
828 > the page loads fine.</A
832 HREF="trouble.html#ERROR503"
833 >Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</A
837 HREF="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME"
838 >My logs show many <SPAN
840 >"Unable to get my own hostname"</SPAN
846 HREF="trouble.html#INUSE"
847 >When I try to launch <SPAN
853 >"port 8118 is already in use"</SPAN
854 > (or similar wording).
859 HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER"
860 >Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.</A
864 HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2"
865 >Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when <SPAN
873 HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3"
877 > and why is it there?</A
881 HREF="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN"
882 >Why do I keep seeing <SPAN
884 >"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</SPAN
885 > in raw source code?</A
889 HREF="trouble.html#DNSERRORS"
890 >I am getting too many DNS errors like <SPAN
892 >"404 No Such Domain"</SPAN
901 HREF="trouble.html#ALLCPU"
905 > just hangs, and starts taking
906 all CPU. Why is this?</A
913 >Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</A
919 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
924 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
925 >Reporting Problems</A
931 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
932 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
936 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
943 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
944 >Request New Features</A
948 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
955 HREF="copyright.html"
956 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
962 HREF="copyright.html#AEN1209"
967 HREF="copyright.html#AEN1225"
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1021 >General Information</TD