Hmm, just worked out which reply button to use in kmail. Rick, thanks also for the 1x1.gif tip.
ATM Im using a Tux image with a Homer head on it. Very cool. Its a transparent proxy, so users will see a freaked out Homer Simpson penguin poping up in the ad spaces :) On Thursday 20 May 2004 22:54, Rick Matthews wrote: > Patrick Lynch wrote: > > Im using squidGuards blocklist. > > > > Ive set it up for ads only. > > All working sweet. > > > > But I added "doubleclick.net" to the domain list in the ads directory. > > Problem is im still getting ads from "m3.doubleclick.net". > > I dont want ANYTHING from doubleclick.net. I dont want to have to add > > m1,m2,m3,m4.doubleclick.net. > > > > OR MAYBE... > > > > Its using the domain.db file that I generated with "squidGuard -C domain" > > > > Does squidGaurd automatically use the .db file if it exists?? > > Caution! After surfing with ads blocked you'll find it difficult to > go back! :) [You are redirecting to the 1x1.gif file, right?] > > I want to answer your last question first: Yes. :) > > If your squidGuard.conf contains "domainlist ads/domains", > squidGuard will look for "ads/domains.db", and load it into memory > if it exists. If ads/domains.db does not exist, squidGuard will read > ads/domains and create the in-memory domains.db on-the-fly. > > On to the doubleclick issue... > > > But I added "doubleclick.net" to the domain list in the ads directory. > > Problem is im still getting ads from "m3.doubleclick.net". > > I dont want ANYTHING from doubleclick.net. I dont want to have to add > > m1,m2,m3,m4.doubleclick.net. > > The good news is... that's the way squidGuard works! A domainlist > that contains doubleclick.net will redirect on ANYTHING from > doubleclick.net. BUT that statement is no longer true if that > domainlist also contains ANY subdomain of doubleclick.net > (e.g. m1.doubleclick.net). Read this post for a little background: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=squidguard&m=108260329925644&w=2 > > I just looked at the ads/domains file that comes in the squidGuard > blacklist, and it has TONS of doubleclick.net entries in it. > > The squidGuard package comes with a utility that will solve this > problem for you. The program is "sgclean.pl" and it can be found in > your squidGuard-1.2.0/contrib/sgclean/ directory. > > You might want to scan through: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=squidguard&m=108285256707491&w=2 > and a follow-up correction: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=squidguard&m=108490116801146&w=2 > > The bottom line is that sgclean is easy to run and it will solve the > duplicate domain/subdomain problem. > > And no, you didn't miss it in the documentation. :) > > Rick
