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[Oddysey]

Jak;

Your list looks nice, but it is rather sparse. <_< In point of fact, you can combine some of the sites, like these:

> store1.yimg.com
> store6.yimg.com
> us.i1.yimg.com

into the single url of yimg.com. Of course, if you're using the HOSTS file, then the separate url names have to be left intact.

Like you, I believe that a firewall actually does a better job of being more selective about what proggie gets to contact which websites, instead of the HOSTS file's rather totalitarian "all or nothin'" control. If your firewall can do the job with "partial" url's like yimg.com, then your process becomes much simpler.

And for the record, yimg stands for Yahoo IMaGes. If there's something allegedly legitimate there, then by definition, it's not legitimate. :o

Now, what I really want to know is, how do you get Proxo's log window to look at OE's traffic????? Could it be that you have configured OE to use Port 8080 and the localhost, just like your browser? And if so, then how is it that Proxo is using Ports 25 and 110, instead of 80, for connecting to the outside world? Please let us all know, as the suspence is killing me. (j/k)

You realize of course, that this would mean that Proxo could indeed filter one's email traffic. The only way I know of doing that right now is to view one's email via his/her browser, using a web based service such as YahooMail, HotMail, etc. I've been using Yahoo for mail for years, and Proxo cleans up 99.9% of all crap on the first go-round, so I'm extremely happy to use the web for my mail services.

BTW, Siamesecat is correct - selecting the option View as Plain Text will block the loading of any images that are included in HTML crap code. If an image is actually attached, then it will d/l to you, but those usually come only from your friends who want to share with you their latest *! [rolleyes] [smoke] Plus, if you have friends that insist on sending out messages using HTML crap code because "it's cute" or "it's cool", then you might wanna re-examine your friendship criteria. (another just kidding)

But do turn on View as Text, that will kill any advertising images, because absolutely no advertiser can conceive using anything other HTML (I don't need to use the strikethrough feature again, do I?) code. They're using templates, probably purchased from the same unspeakable little $^&*#@(!!%)^##@'s who are also writing the majority of viral infections that plague the 'net.
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Oddysey