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Moogs
2004-06-25, 12:05
I've been trying to figure out how to add new sites to the exempt list so that when I'm visiting a site which I respect (and which has a policy against blocking ads - like Ars), I can let the ads fly. Well, I added both the generic domain and their forum domain to the Exempt list and restarted, but when I go to their domains, the ads still don't show up. WTF? Can anyone shed some light on this?

Brad
2004-06-25, 13:03
Could you post the exact rules here for us to look at?

FYI, this page has a number of links explaining how to format regex (Regular Expressions, also the format used by OmniWeb):
http://culater.net/wikir/wikir.cgi?arg=PithHelmetFAQ

curiousuburb
2004-06-25, 15:11
Maybe the third party adservers are still in your block list?

Does PithHelmet's Exemption filter miss something in their redirect code?

Moogs
2004-06-25, 18:52
Actually now that I think about it, I think the exemptions refer to the advertiser, not the site displaying the ads? Maybe? There has to be a way to just say "don't apply the usual rules to this domain", doesn't there?