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From: "Brandi Jasmine" <nitefall@idirect.com>
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:13:59 +0000
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Reply-To: "Brandi Jasmine" <nitefall@idirect.com>
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I have contacted all 4 of the main companies that filter software.  Emissary 
has always permitted custom filters, but it is a dedicated browser, as opposed 
to plug-ins.  As I indicated I believed would be the case, at least one of the 
others is following suit:  

>SurfWatch 1.6 (currently shipping) is not "customizable" however
>we are working to release version 2.0 by mid 1997 that will be
>contain the feature, the SurfWatch Manager--this will allow the
>user to add and delete sites to SurfWatch filters as well as
>choose filtering in different subject areas.  Watch our web site
>for details in the upcoming months.

Eventually they all will.  Consumer demand will take care of this much.

Brandi
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