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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:17:09 -0400
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Port for html manipulating proxy
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Jacob Rhoden wrote:
> I have been trying to find some sort of proxy server for my own machine, that 
> allows me to manipulate/strip things (ie strip adverts and fix css on my 
> commonly used pages). Is there a port for this?

Install www/squid and squidGuard.  You can use the latter to redirect blocked 
URLs to a specific page.  If you make that redirect point to a 1x1 pixel 
transparent GIF image, most ads disappear gracefully.

-- 
-Chuck