Figured out which line in conf file was not allowing me to post. This is in regard to alternate blocking file.
pid-file=/var/run/dnsmasq.pid
user=nobody
bind-dynamic
interface=br0
interface=ppp1*
no-dhcp-interface=ppp1*
resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf
servers-file=/tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
no-poll
no-negcache
cache-size=1500
min-port=4096
dhcp-range=lan,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.252,255.255.255.0,86400s
dhcp-option=lan,3,192.168.1.1
dhcp-option=lan,252,"\n"
dhcp-authoritative
read-ethers
## line removed because snbforums whould not let me post. Arrgh!
# start of Diversion directives #
ptr-record=254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa,192.168.1.254
addn-hosts=/opt/share/diversion/list/blacklist
addn-hosts=/opt/share/diversion/list/blockinglist
log-async
log-queries
log-facility=/opt/var/log/dnsmasq.log
# end of Diversion directives #
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END FILE
pid-file=/var/run/dnsmasq.pid
user=nobody
bind-dynamic
interface=br0
interface=ppp1*
no-dhcp-interface=ppp1*
resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf
servers-file=/tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
no-poll
no-negcache
cache-size=1500
min-port=4096
dhcp-range=lan,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.252,255.255.255.0,86400s
dhcp-option=lan,3,192.168.1.1
dhcp-option=lan,252,"\n"
dhcp-authoritative
read-ethers
## line removed because snbforums whould not let me post. Arrgh!
# start of Diversion directives #
ptr-record=254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa,192.168.1.254
addn-hosts=/opt/share/diversion/list/blacklist
addn-hosts=/opt/share/diversion/list/blockinglist
log-async
log-queries
log-facility=/opt/var/log/dnsmasq.log
# end of Diversion directives #
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END FILE