3Com SUPERSTACK 3 WEBCACHE 3000 User Manual page 168

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Saving the New Filter
Exclusion List
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You should choose to replace the current list if you have a complete list of
entries in an external file that you want to use to overwrite the list on the
Webcache.
You should choose to merge with the current list if you have a partial list
of entries in an external file that you want to add to the list on the
Webcache.
6 Select Load to load the new file.
Loading a list may take a few seconds to complete, depending on the
number of entries being loaded.
List Rules
There are certain rules that you must follow when loading a list of
IP addresses or IP address ranges into the Filter Exclusion List. When
loading a file into the Filter Exclusion List, the file must be a plain text file
with the following restrictions:
Each entry must be on a separate line.
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Each line in the file must not exceed 75 characters in length.
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Blank lines are ignored.
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There must be no spaces at the beginning of a line.
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The list can contain a maximum of 900 entries. If loading the file
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results in more than 900 entries, all subsequent entries after the limit
has been reached will not be loaded into the List.
You can save the current list to an external text file. This allows you to
modify and then load the file back onto the Webcache using the Load List
From File command, or to load and re-use the list on another Webcache.
To save the list:
1 Log in to the Web interface.
2 Click Content Filtering on the Toolbar.
3 Select Webcache Filtering > Filter Exclusion > Save List To File in the
Navigation Tree.
4 Click Save.
5 The File Download screen is displayed. Select Save this file to disk and
enter a filename and location to store the saved list.