Posted by Uncle Fester on 09/26/05 08:24

On 26 Sep 2005, anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid> posted some
news:3ppnniFbgqmbU3@individual.net:

> Uncle Fester wrote:
>> On 25 Sep 2005, "Leon Trollski" <fandom@netguy.net> posted some
>> news:RfzZe.261217$Hk.71268@pd7tw1no:
>>
>>
>>>"fred-bloggs" <fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:4336b4ef$0$35983$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net...
>>>
>>>>anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in
>>>>news:3pnqgjFb9u7uU1@individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Leon Trollski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>PeerGuardian newbie that I am, I can't see how to add this custom
>>>>>>list to the app or exactly what it does. Is it meant to filter
>>
>> false
>>
>>>>>>positives?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It is meant to filter type 5 fakes:
>>>>>
>>>>>- I must get update this page, methinks:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.geocities.com/anthony_beret/winmxfakefiles.html
>>>>>
>>>>>I too am having a fiddly time putting the list into PG2
>>>>
>>>>This might help?
>>>>http://methlabs.org/wiki/list_editing
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>fred
>>>
>>>none of the options pick up this "file_flooding_ftards" download,
does
>>
>> it
>>
>>>need to be renamed as .txt? Or is it meant for use with Sygate?
>>>
>>>Ah ok, rename with .txt and the add feature will see it now. And
it's
>>>really a list the app can read.
>>>
>>>So simple. Why was this left out?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> No offense, but maybe because it's so simple to figure out.
>>
> I am not convinced that is a good idea.
> Persoanlly, I did actually give it a .txt extension, becuase it didn't
> show up when trying to import it in PG2.
> However, I wasn't sure whether this had actually worked or not once I
> had imported it. - I still am not entirely happy as I seem to need to
> reimport it each time I run PG2.
> Also, you know what people are like; plenty of people wont be able to
> work that out.

I know what you mean. There weren't that many more addresses to add so
I just fatfingered them in.

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