Examples of Wildcard Characters

• Enter a wildcard at the beginning of an Internet address, IP address, or domain name to bypass servers with a common ending. For example, use "*.example.com" to bypass any entries ending in ".example.com" (such as "some.example.com" and "www.example.com").
• Enter a wildcard in the middle of an Internet address, IP address, or domain name to bypass servers with a common beginning and ending. For example, the entry "www.*.com" matches any entry that starts with "www" and ends with "com" (such as "www.someplace.com," "www.almost.anywhere.com," and so on.).
• Enter a wildcard at the ending of an Internet address, IP address, or domain name to bypass servers with a common beginning. For example, use "www.someplace.*" to bypass any entries that begin with "www.someplace." (such as "www.someplace.com", "www.someplace.org", and "www.someplace.else.com").
• Use multiple wildcards to bypass addresses with similar patterns. For example, use "123.1*.66.*" to bypass addresses such as "123.144.66.12", "123.133.66.15", and "123.187.66.13."

Note
Although wildcards are powerful, they must be used carefully. For example the entry, "www.*.com," will cause Internet Explorer to bypass the proxy for most Web sites.