Retired wrote:
> JD<JD@example.invalid> wrote in
> news:6vSdnZsl3IoZYjbTnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@posted.grand ecom:
>
>> Retired wrote:
>>> http://mewnlite.com/unable.jpg
>>> There oughta be a way browsers could detect when a site is being
>>> blocked by a hosts file and return a friendlier& much shorter
>>> message!
>>>
>>
>> This works for SeaMonkey, which uses Firefox as it's browser:
>>
>> about:config
>>
>> Set browser.xul.error_pages.enabled to false.
>
> You da man! Works like a charm. There's still blank space there but that's
> much prettier than all that "unable to connect garbage".
>
> Thank you!
>

You're welcome! Not my solution but always glad to share what I've
learned from this and other newsgroups. And I really didn't like the
unable to connect garbage. Kind of defeated the purpose of the HOSTS file.

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JD..