> > > Another solution is to use filters: (Options/Scan 
rules)
> > > 
> > > -www.geocities.com +www.geocities.com/alpha/* 
> > > +www.geocities.com/beta/* 
+www.geocities.com/charlie/*
> > 
> > Sorry, the correct one is:
> > -www.geocities.com/* +www.geocities.com/alpha/* 
> > +www.geocities.com/beta/* +www.geocities.com/charlie/*
> 
> What difference will that trailing '/' make in the 
filter 
> processing?  I presume that the anything that matches 
the 
> pattern 'www.geocities.com/' will also match the 
> pattern 'www.geocities.com'.  Even if you forget the '/' 
in 
> the exclusion rule, won't things still work?
It's not the trailing '/' that makes the difference, it is 
the '*' that makes the difference.  The first exclusion 
rule would only match exactly 'www.geocities.com', which 
probably would match nothing in this case.