Jon Harrison wrote:

>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
>

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the extra assistance.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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