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Contains all options dealing with the cache, the number of connections, and domains excluded from searching. General Ignore instructions for robots: Ignores instructions embedded into the HTML code of webpages that tell robots (like DEVONagent Express) to not index a page. If unchecked (default setting), DEVONagent Express tries to honor the wishes of the webpages creator. Cache downloaded pages: Check if you want DEVONagent Express to store downloaded pages in its cache. This consumes disk space, but leads to much faster searches when DEVONagent Express scans an already cached page. Clear on quit: When checked, DEVONagent Express clears the cache upon quit. Cache Directory: Shows the path to the folder used by DEVONagent Express for its cache. Double-click an item to reveal it in the Finder or select another folder for DEVONagent Express to use. Create Previews Choose whether DEVONagent Express should create previews of visited or found pages immediately or on demand, and set how DEVONagent Express generates thumbnails of webpages. Immediately: Previews are created and cached immediately. On demand: Previews are created and cached only when needed (default). Directly: DEVONagent Express generates thumbnails itself (higher quality). Via Thumbshots.com: DEVONagent Express asks Thumbshots.com to generate thumbnails (faster).
Note: DEVONagent Express never sends more than just the URLs of the to-be-thumbnailed webpages to Thumbshots.com.
Max. Connections Use this parameter to adjust the number of connections DEVONagent Express uses concurrently so as to match the speed of your Internet connection and your computer. Max. Download Size Choose how large files can be that DEVONagent Express downloads in search runs. Adjust this to your Internet connection speed. Exclude Domains, … Exclude Domains: Enter all domains you want to exclude from searching in this text field, separated by returns. Use this to exclude domains blocking automatic bots like DEVONagent Express, e.g., 'sciencemag.org' or 'slashdot.org', or to ignore sites you don't like (for example 'google.com'). Exclude Links: Enter URLs you want to exclude from being searched.
Note: Both fields also accept the '*' wildcards at the beginning or end of lines.