Hi Michel,

Is it possible that when the second window is closed the cookie is obliterated or deleted?

How does the cookie mechanism work? Perhaps if I understood it I could have a better idea on what to look for?

BTW, for the rest of you, I am the user that's experiencing the problem (IE6 vanillay and sp1, Win2k sp2).

Thanks!

Alex



>I've been trying to figure out why a specific member of the Universal Thread has some problems with the cookie handling on this site.
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>Yesterday, he confirmed that he doesn't have any problem with AOL. The problem only occurs with IE. So, we wanted to make sure it was not related to a specific version. We upgraded his browser to the latest IE version. The problem remains.
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>The member doesn't use any proxy and have this problem from two PC having both IE. We are trying the figure out what setting in IE is causing that.
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>Basically, the following scenario is applicable:
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>1. Shift-click on a message's link on the messages list (top panel) to open that message in a separate browser window.
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>2. Then close that new window after you're done reading the message.
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>3. Then click (no shift this time) on another message link on the messages list and you could be asked again for your user name and password.
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>Those who can obtain that, if you find the setting in IE which is interferring with that, I would be extremely happy to know about it. This is something that is extremely difficult to simulate. But, for that particular member, it happens all the time.