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03 Jul 02 - 09:43 PM (#741885) Subject: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: GUEST,Genie Yesterday I went to the Mudcat Forum and found I wasn't "logged in." Well, though I don't quite know all the "whys," I know that sometimes I can be logged in, shut my computer down, return to Mudcat and still be logged in--and sometimes, using the same computer and without changing any settings, when I leave Mudcat and come back later, my cookie is gone. But yesterday, having opened and posted to a thread without my cookie, when I opened the next thread, Lo and behold!, I was logged in! How the heck can that happen? Sometimes I really think there are Mudcat gremlins. Genie |
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03 Jul 02 - 10:09 PM (#741893) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Bill D when trolls can't find Billy goats to eat, they sometimes steal cookies! |
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03 Jul 02 - 11:33 PM (#741924) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Genie Yeah, Bill, but do they put 'em back without you even asking? Genie
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03 Jul 02 - 11:43 PM (#741928) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Liz the Squeak It's all rather confusing really!! LTS |
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04 Jul 02 - 06:52 AM (#742053) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Dave Bryant If you're using IE and WIN9x, the cookie box is likely to be C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES. If you clear things in that folder you will lose cookies. |
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04 Jul 02 - 09:03 AM (#742125) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Pied Piper I've noticed if that I collect my E-mail on the local library computers, when I visit Mudcat I'm "logged in". Do cookies talk to each other? Seems a bit sinister to me, and I'm left handed. All the best PP. |
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05 Jul 02 - 06:36 AM (#742774) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Dave Bryant Of course if you put certain substances in your cookie - you could probaly get on Mudcat without a computer..... |
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05 Jul 02 - 04:18 PM (#743052) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: GUEST,Genie (cookieless again) There's a thought, Dave B! Actually I use a Mac, and FWIW, I never had my cookie "reappear" magically on any computer except that one time (at least as far as I can remember). I can MAKE it go away--e.g., if someone else wants to visit the Forum using my computer-- when I'm using Explorer, by going to "Preferences" and then "Cookies" and deleting the cookie--or by logging out. (The former is quicker.) But whether the cookies disappear when I disconnect from the internet seems to depend on whether I go to Mudcat via AOL, Explorer, or Netscape, among other things. |
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08 Jul 02 - 03:00 AM (#744218) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Genie Well, FWIW, while in Netscape Navigator today, my cookie was gone when I went to the Mudcat CafŽ and when I first posted to a thread, but later when I opened another thread the cookie inexplicably was there. I'm befuddled. Genie |
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08 Jul 02 - 07:42 AM (#744298) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Guessed Pied Piper a lot of PC's work that way, my local library did until the new system, now it wipes everything but you can run any software from floppy and even send emails via POP3. It personalises your settings but I fail to see what survives each time, none of the favourites or history. Seems to be a Securicor product/service so it may come to a library near you. |
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08 Jul 02 - 09:45 AM (#744328) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Dave Bryant Some sites not only add their own cookie unasked, but often scrape out other cookies - especially if they're for rival sites. It reminds me of some creature I heard of, where the male vacuums any other seminal fluid out of the female's recepticle, before depositing it's own! |
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08 Jul 02 - 12:54 PM (#744423) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: hesperis Well, cookies are often browser-specific. So if you used IE last time, and continue to use it without deleting the cookie, it'll still be there. If you used IE and switch to Netscape, you'll suddenly be a guest. (On a PC, anyway!) |
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08 Jul 02 - 01:51 PM (#744453) Subject: RE: Help: Mystery of the Magic Cookie From: Genie Yeah, I've kinda got a handle on why the cookie disappears. It's how it can RE-appear-- after it's disappeared without my resetting it and WHILE I'm still on line at Mudcat--that has me baffled.
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