<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" dir="ltr">In my <b><i>dnsmasq.conf</i></b> file, I have a blanket block rule to block everything:<br><br><b style="scrollbar-width: thin; text-align: start; animation-delay: 1ms !important; animation-duration: 0.001ms !important; animation-iteration-count: 1 !important; transition-duration: 0.01ms !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i style="animation-delay:1ms !important;animation-duration:0.001ms !important;animation-iteration-count:1 !important;transition-duration:0.01ms !important;scrollbar-width:thin"><span style="animation-delay:1ms !important;animation-duration:0.001ms !important;animation-iteration-count:1 !important;transition-duration:0.01ms !important;scrollbar-width:thin">   no-resolv</span><br style="animation-delay:1ms !important;animation-duration:0.001ms !important;animation-iteration-count:1 !important;transition-duration:0.01ms !important;scrollbar-width:thin"><span style="animation-delay:1ms !important;animation-duration:0.001ms !important;animation-iteration-count:1 !important;transition-duration:0.01ms !important;scrollbar-width:thin">   server=8.8.8.8</span></i></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" dir="ltr"><b><i><br></i></b><span><b><i>   address=/#/0.0.0.0</i></b></span><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" dir="ltr">Before this rule, I would like to allow exceptions, say for example <i><b>gitlab.com. </b></i>The problem I am having is that this rule:</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span><b><i>   server=/gitlab.com/#</i></b></span><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span>Does not work, and I have to use instead:<br><br><span><b><i>   server=/gitlab.com/8.8.8.8</i></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So why is not the '#' translating into the default server 8.8.8.8?</div><div class="protonmail_signature_block" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
    <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thanks,</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Elias.</div>
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