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echo: barktopus
to: Gary Britt
from: Doug Bryce
date: 2004-06-13 22:54:12
subject: Re: Reagan`s dead

From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

O.K....but I see George figures there is no legitimate stuff at
'adsever' .

Those banner ads that are now being blocked are not coming from the sites
to which you're connected -- they're coming from server sites that you've
now blocked in the hosts file.  Images that are part of a site should not
be blocked because they will be stored 'locally'.

Doug

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:08:54 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>It doesn't seem to block legitimate stuff as you put it.  Geo's host file
>thing does seem to block some non-popup ads built into various websites.
>For example the banner ad always at the top of drudge is blocked.  I don't
>mind not getting those ads blocked.  Normal pictures that are part of a
>website are not blocked.
>
>Gary
>

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