blocking web sites

[Doug]

On 09/03/2013 09:12 AM, Wes James wrote:
> You could use iptables to block an outgoing ip address:
> 
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-6-how-to-block-outgoing-access-to-selectedspecific-ip-address.html
> 
> -wes
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:43 PM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net
> <mailto:rikona at sonic.net>> wrote:
> 
>     I am getting cookies in Opera 12 that I can't delete, and it is
>     pi****g me off. Can I just block the site completely by simply
>     entering the url in the hosts file? Haven't needed that in a long
>     time, and still wondering if that's the best way to block sites in
>     Ubuntu 12.04...
> 
>       Thanks,
> 
>      rikona
> 
> 
I may be missing something, but I think the OP wants to block
*incoming* messages, not outgoing. I'd like to do that too--my
trash bin overflows with stuff I have filtered (Thunderbird).

--doug