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From: Simon Zolin <s.zolin@adguard.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:39:41 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Merge: + add "domains-only syntax" section

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commit 3786bb54577baa29c6acf4c9329c0e7e1ed19a19
Author: Simon Zolin <s.zolin@adguard.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 20 11:57:58 2020 +0300

    * edit "domains-only syntax" section

commit 2a8b0541d94e62a07d79343e12a87896d7a75238
Author: adworacz <adworacz@noemail>
Date:   Mon Feb 17 19:12:49 2020 +0300

    + add "domains-only syntax" section
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 Hosts-Blocklists.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
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 # AdGuard Home - How to write hosts blocklists
 
-There are two different approaches to writing hosts blocklists:
+There are three different approaches to writing hosts blocklists:
 
 - [/etc/hosts syntax](#etc-hosts) - the old, tried and true approach is to use the same syntax as Operation Systems use for the "hosts" files.
+- [domains-only syntax](#domains-only) - a list of domain names.
 - [Adblock-style syntax](#adblock-style) - modern approach to writing filtering rules based on using a subset of the Adblock-style syntax. This way blocklists will be compatible with browser ad blockers.
 
 If you are creating a blocklist for AdGuard Home, we recommend using the [Adblock-style syntax](#adblock-style). It has a couple of important advantages over the old-style syntax:
@@ -49,6 +50,21 @@ Examples:
 
 > Please note, that the `IP_address` value is ignored by most of the DNS filtering software.
 
+
+## <a id="domains-only"></a> Domains-only syntax
+
+This is just a list of domain names, one name per line.
+
+Example:
+
+```
+example.com
+example.org
+```
+
+If a string is not a valid domain (e.g. `*.example.org`), AdGuard Home will consider it to be an [adblock-style](#adblock-style) rule.
+
+
 ## <a id="adblock-style"></a> Adblock-style syntax
 
 This is a subset of the [traditional Adblock-style](https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/how-to-create-your-own-ad-filters) syntax which is used by browser ad blockers.