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From: Keith Thompson <>
Subject: Re: COOKIES
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 23:25:36 -0500


You need to set the Netscape to accept the cookies and reply to the
originator. This way, you can use them, but no other site can use that
cookie. Cookies retain information about yourself and proof that you have
been to a site (and registered if necessary). Generally, they do no harm.
There are selective cleaners that will remove those that you don't want, but
I've found that many of those will reset the next time I go to the site, so
why trouble. Using the setting of returning to the originator only is
probably the best of the situation.

You can get to the setting by using Edit, Preferences, Advanced. The cookie
settings are there.

Keith

Mary Kaehny wrote:
>
> A friend of mine was helping me do something on my computer the other
> day and asked me if I wanted cookies or not -I said I didnt know as I
> didnt know at that time what they are, so I said no. Now a banner
> keeps appearing asking me to set a cookie or allow a cookie to be set
> with CANCEL or OK
> appearing - how do I get rid of this - I like it before when I didnt
> see this banner all the time. Dont think cookies hurt anything.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Mary
>
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