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Run `pihole -q blockeddomain.com`, and it will return the URL of the block list.
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## Know which list contains the false positive?
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Click on the big blue "Toggle List Maintainer Sources" button to show the source of a particular blocklist. Via the source page, you should be able to find the contact details for the list maintainer. Get in touch with them to remove the false positive - if you're not able to find the maintainer's contact details, please feel free to reach out to me.
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Click on the big blue "Toggle List Maintainer Sources" button to show the source of a particular blocklist. Via the source page, you should be able to find the contact details for the list maintainer.
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Some lists are sourced from an "adblock" style list which are flat-out NOT designed to work with DNS sinkholes, and there WILL be mistakes with how these are parsed due to how domain names are extracted and exceptions handled. Before reaching out to one of the fine folks at EasyList, **PLEASE** confirm your issue still exists when using an Adblock plugin such as uBlock/ABP/etc. If the issue isn't present when using an Adblock plugin, raise an issue **here** first.
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For every other list, get in touch with them to remove the false positive - if you're not able to find the maintainer's contact details, please feel free to reach out to me.
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## Lists which I host at `v.firebog.net`:
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These lists are automatically updated, and are a domains-only (Pi-hole friendly) format of what the original list maintainer provides. I **do not** make any additions or subtractions to these lists (except for my personal blocklist).
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* If the Last-Modified header does not exist, it will retrieve a new copy, make a comparison with the existing version and update if necessary
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* A cron job will fire off my script every **two** days (Sun/Tue/Thur/Sat at midnight AEST) (Or twice a week for `Prigent-Adult.txt` due to size)
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## On the subject of "non-domain entries":
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As mentioned before, I do not make additions or subtractions to content — therefore it isn't my place to correct the issues from upstream lists. **Please do not create an issue for non-domain entries** that come up when running `pihole -g` as they are already being filtered out.
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## Unable to find the list maintainer; they're unresponsive or have another issue?
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Open a ticket here, and I'll be happy to see what I can do.
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