On 2011/06/13 11:17, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Charles Lenington wrote:
>> etc… ad nauseum.
>>
>> Is there a wild card I can use to block all us.intellitext.com sites
>> instead of making a separate entry with each one I come across?
>>
>> Tina
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> Try using "us.intellitxt.com" and uk.intellitxt.com (w/out quotes)
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> or
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> leave off the country (UK/US) intellitxt.com
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> That's what I do in Thunderbird.
Tried that, it doesn't work. Thank you anyway.
Thunderbird != hosts file, and a wild card will not work. For suggestions on
workarounds see:
<http://www.readmespot.com/question/f/118378/in-my--etc-hosts--file-on-linux-osx-how-do-i-do-a-wildcard-subdomain->
This is not simple, as it involves running your own DNS server.
However a deeper question is why are you trying to manage this sort of thing at
the hosts file level? I understand what you're accomplishing, but why are you
getting directed to those sites so often?
The sites that have added Intellitext's 'feature' end up loading a
separate tab that I end up having to close. I believe it is some sort of
markup (?) that turns select words in the text to clickable web links or
ads.
Tina
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