On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:13:42 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
>Hi Stephen,
>
>Thanks for doing the leg-work on that list of sites!
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>Mike

for a nice 'large' list of sites to block go to 
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm 
and download hosts.zip.  I've been using it for quite some time,
never see a doubleclick ad.  Occasionally I get a message that I
can't connect somewhere because it needs to have an active link to
some advertising site (quikserv, I think it is).

I had a problem getting audio from NPR.org and that was due to two
sites in the hosts file being blocked.  Easy enuf to comment them
out.

If nothing else, a very interesting read at this site on how the
hosts file works and how to use it to your advantage to block
garbage.  Don't get hung up about it being a Win help site.  A lot
of stuff is applicable to os/2

Jon



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