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choppi
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Chat websites

Post by choppi »

Is there anywhere out there where I can get a list of chatting websites? We are having a lot of problems with teenagers chatting on our public access computers. We do allow email but chatting is a no-no. I have been able to block most of the popluar ones like MSN, Yahoo, AOL etc. I know there are so many of them out there it is hard to keep up. Maybe we should hire one of these kids?
Appreciate any help - thanks.

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Post by Scott »

Check out Dan Lester's Blacklist.

http://www.riverofdata.com/tools/blacklist.htm

The River of Data site has quite a bit of information on blocking chat and email sites.

There is a modified blacklist available on our download page that is suitable for use as the PWB URL filter file. The file may be a bit dated so you may want to start with the current one from the River of Data site.

Just do a search and replace of the paragraph marker into a paragraph marker followed by a minus sign. This should place the minus sign in front of the next line for the URL filter file.

--Scott

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