[Plugin: Mute Screamer] Exclude or not?

Thanks for sharing this plugin (Mute Screamer).
I have some questions that I hope that someone can help answer.

On my site I have two fields that are not standard; they generate intrusion warnings up to level 19. Should I exclude these fields?

What does exclude do? As I understand “exclude” prevents PHPIDS from checking input fields, but then the whole idea behind it (to check all fields for possible attacks would be lost… Or maybe I misunderstand the concept?

I have used PHPIDS before (on a forum) and can’t remember that I ever excluded any form fields.

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