Re: Blocking Gmail ads
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On 05/15/08 04:50, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
> <jordigh@gmail.com <mailto:jordigh@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm getting a little tired of Gmail serving me Matlab ads whenever I'm
> browsing the Octave mailing lists. That's quite obnoxious. It looks
> like it's tricky to block Google ads, since it looks like Google can
> detect when you're using Adblock and serves you ads in <tables>
> instead, making them harder to block.
>
> Can anyone suggest a fix? I only use Gmail for mailing lists nowadays,
> and have moved my personal email to a server in an undisclosed
> location in a remote island... ;-)
>
> I'd be happy with a solution that either blocks all Gmail ads or a
> better method to browse the 14 mailing lists I'm currently subscribed
> to, many of them high-volume. I'm beginning to miss Usenet.
>
>
> I use a rather large /etc/hosts file to block ads. The initial list of
> servers to block came from http://www.ssmedia.com/utilities/hosts/ then
> I've added the following to that:
>
> 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> a.casalemedia.com <http://a.casalemedia.com>
> 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> a.tribalfusion.com
[snip]
> 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> www.googleadservices.com
> <http://www.googleadservices.com>
> 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> www.googlecaches.com
> <http://www.googlecaches.com>
I used to use that list, but there were too many exceptions. Now I
just use Adblock Plus.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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