Windows Live Messenger & live.com ; required exceptions

[sidki3003]

Lee, try to avoid that initial asterisk for URL matches.

For instance, your *live.* Bypass List entry is also bypassing http://somesite.com/somepath/tracklive.js . Even *login.live.com would still bypass http://somesite.com/trackme?ref=http://login.live.com/this.html .

Now, in case of future problems, no one could help you, because they don't know that you're bypassing a good part of the Web with a couple of those extraordinary expressions.

That final asterisk isn't needed, because URL expressions in lists just need to match the beginning, not the entire URL. In fact, as for the IncludeExclude list it may even cause a loop under certain conditions.

I was trying to explain the URL expression syntax here, a more exhaustive explanation is here. This syntax applies to all URL-type lists, including the general Bypass List.

edit: I didn't mention the syntax for HTTPS though:
Match all secure pages on login.live.com: login.live.com:
Match all secure pages on the entire live.com domain: ([^/]++.|)live.com: