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Web addresses must contain the http:// prefix and are applicable to the entire 

specified domain.  Addresses from any source of Internet activity (web, ftp, 

email, news, chat, im) can be added to the list of excluded sites. Although the 

specified activity will not be saved in the Pearl Echo Activity Log, the listed 

Internet addresses may still be controlled based on restrictions you may have 

defined in your Pearl Echo control profiles.  

You can also use the  *  wildcard in the Excluded Sites list.  For example, 

adding the entry http://*.js will exclude all sites from being logged that 

contain a java script suffix. 

Please note that this feature differs from the Log Window Detail setting, which 

removes successive web address entries of like type.  Pearl Echo display 

settings are described later in this section. 

The Pearl Echo Activity Log Database 

Pearl Echo stores data in an open xBase database format.  You do not need to 

install a third party RDBMS when using Pearl Echo with its native database.  

The Pearl Echo native database size limit is 2GB.  For installations with high 

Pearl Echo can 

volume monitoring loads and large storage requirements, Pearl Echo can 

be configured to 

easily be configured to store monitored Internet activity to a Microsoft SQL 

log directly to SQL 

Server.  

Server.  

Configuring Pearl Echo to store data to Microsoft SQL Server provides 

additional flexibility to your organization: Pearl Echo Servers can be placed at 

various locations to provide distributed Employee Internet Monitoring and 

Control yet all data can be centrally stored and managed for increased 

security, reliability and consolidated reporting.  

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