Re: Blocking Gmail ads
On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:39 -0700
"Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> On Thursday 15 May 2008 02:50:48 am Magnus Therning wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
> > <jordigh@gmail.com>
...
> > > 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:
>
> Abusing /etc/hosts can occasionally cause unexpected behavior. Both Konq and
> Iceweasel support Filterset.G; that's a tad more ideal and regularly updated.
Privoxy.
> Paul Johnson
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