Re: Wayyyyyyy OT: Firefox cookies


In FF check Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies section.

Make sure you have ticked "Accept cookies from sites" and also Keep until:
"they expire".

See if that helps, because I have not ever faced the problem you describe.

Zee



"Dr Teeth" <no.email.here.please@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:i89ek2pv8qh5ueamffqatuh2sd3g115aal@xxxxxxxxxx
I have looked high and low for an answer to this and am getting
desperate (as you will tell by this OT posting).

I'm *convinced* that Firefox handles cookies differently and
defectively c.f. IE.

The mozilla forums are as helpful and welcoming as a Linux forum to a
windows user and therefore of limited value (I'm being polite).

The problem is that, for example, my banking site. I have to login
with FF at least once a week or the cookie expires and I have to
re-enter all the new customer security info. The cookies themselves
are present and correct and have expiry dates way in the future. Other
sites seem to expire earlier than they should, but at least
autocomplete fills in the details.

My bank is not too helpful as they have not received many/any
complaints...very likely due to the fact that most users login
frequently.

IE does not have this issue and I do not have to login
regularly/frequently to any site.

Any pointers as to how I can either get to the bottom of this or get
it confirmed?

TIA.

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.


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