[Solved] Blocklist URL

[Ryoujin]

Noticed that starting @ r11368, blocklist URL is configurable. What are we supposed to put in the URL? My Transmission has some address rules in list, but I'm not able to update the list until I put an URL in the field.

[Jordan]

Noticed that starting @ r11368, blocklist URL is configurable. What are we supposed to put in the URL? My Transmission has some address rules in list, but I'm not able to update the list until I put an URL in the field.

One reason for removing the default was because the Transmission team doesn't really know what goes into those blocklists. For the same reason, I can't recommend a blocklist in the forums.

If you Google for "blocklist" and "URL" you'll quickly find several that you can evaluate and decide for yourself.

[mustgroove]

Are there any guidelines for the format of blocklist Transmission will accept? I've tried a few different URLs and each time I get an error claiming "The specified blocklist file did not contain any valid rules"

[Rolcol]

mustgroove:
They can be in the format of Comment:0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255 or 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 , 000 , Comment

http://wiki.phoenixlabs.org/wiki/P2P_Format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerGuardi ... ext_format

http://wiki.phoenixlabs.org/wiki/DAT_Format

Ryoujin:

The default list was this one: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz. Just remember that it's not endorsed by the developers of Transmission.

[xenedar]

Let me try this again, since my post was removed.

You have to link to a .gz file. Thus: http://my.server/path/to/file.gz
If your link is to a CGI, it won't work, either by bug or design: http://another.site/?cgi=somefilename

Paste the CGI URL into Safari's download window and it will start downloading the actual .gz. Control/right-click the item in the download window and copy the direct .gz file URL. Put it into Transmission's preferences.

And, of course

it's not endorsed by the developers of Transmission.

[mustgroove]

Thanks guys, I tried a .gz at one point but it gave me that error... will try again & see if it works

[mustgroove]

Oh and one more question - is there a way of specifying multiple URLs at all? Perhaps with a comma or semicolon or some other separator?

[Rolcol]

Oh and one more question - is there a way of specifying multiple URLs at all? Perhaps with a comma or semicolon or some other separator?

Not currently.

[Sweetmate]

You have to link to a .gz file.

Every .gz file i link to gives me "Download of the blocklist failed. The specified blocklist file did not contain any valid rules."

[electricpenguin]

No matter the blocklist URL I enter, I am getting that exact same error every time. "Download of the blocklist failed. The specified blocklist file did not contain any valid rules." I should have kept my old version lol.

[mustgroove]

At the moment I'm simply downloading blocklists & manually unzipping them to the /Application Support/Transmission/blocklists folder... an auto-update feature for blocklists is obviously a welcome (if not needed) feature, but it would be great if it actually worked properly with the pre-made blocklist formats that are most readily available (i.e. .gz, .zip)...

[Aetherius]

Well, can someone point to the blocklist url found in the earlier builds of Transmisson?
I haven't found any good links regarding the blocklists issue. Most of the stuff found on Gogle is irrelevant.

So?

[Rolcol]

Well, can someone point to the blocklist url found in the earlier builds of Transmisson?
I haven't found any good links regarding the blocklists issue. Most of the stuff found on Gogle is irrelevant.

So?

You didn't read my post...

Transmission used to grab a blocklist on transmissionbt's server. This default list was only a mirror to bluetack's level1 list. If you still want the same list, you can grab it from this url: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz

[Aetherius]

Well, can someone point to the blocklist url found in the earlier builds of Transmisson?
I haven't found any good links regarding the blocklists issue. Most of the stuff found on Gogle is irrelevant.

So?

You didn't read my post...

Transmission used to grab a blocklist on transmissionbt's server. This default list was only a mirror to bluetack's level1 list. If you still want the same list, you can grab it from this url: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz

Sorry mate.. me bad.
I was so tired after work that my eyes didn't catch up with that line.
Thx a bunch!

[Marc31]

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The default list was this one: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz. Just remember that it's not endorsed by the developers of Transmission.

cheers!