Common

Link Filter List

The Link Filter List section looks like this:

Using this section, you can add URLs to the Link Filter List and edit them.

To do this, use the area labeled:

•Add new URL

Select String or International Domain Name from the first of the drop- down lists provided here.

In the input field next to it, enter a string to specify the object using shell expressions.

Select International Domain Name if you want to enter non-ASCII char- acters and the string should be used for the domain part of an URL.

In some countries like Germany, Sweden or Japan, domain names with non-ASCII characters are allowed. The IDNA (International Domain Names in Applications) standard describes how a Web browser should convert such a domain name into pure ASCII notation used, e. g. by DNS.

Webwasher uses the pure ASCII notation as well, therefore all IDN strings must be converted. This is done automatically when you select Interna- tional Domain Name and enter a string with non-ASCII characters.

Note that you can not use shell expressions with IDN strings. Furthermore, use the following items when adding a new entry to the list:

—deactivate

Enable this option to insert a new URL in the list that will not yet be used for filtering, however.

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