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reply to Lex Luthor

Re: IE6 and Cookies

Full release.... Just check the MS forum

reply to R2
Yes, R2 it's final.

Ok...looks like I am the guinea pig.

Anyhow......looks like there is little reason to be alarmed from my testing. Seems to be working just as blitzen said, even though he didn't realize the cookies aren't in the zone settings.

I went to the privacy tab, clicked advanced, blocked all 1st party and 3rd party cookies. I allow session cookies, but that's not important here.

I did NOT add sites to the edit button on the privacy page.

I still have the sites I want cookies for in my trusted zone.

I deleted my cookies for staples.com.

Staples.com is in my trusted zone.

I went to staples and could browse items.

I deleted the cookies again and removed staples.com from my trusted zone.

I could not browse items now and with the new ie, you get a little icon on the bottom status bar showing that a cookie was blocked.

Seems to be working just fine. I guess maybe it assumes the trusted zone will want cookies?! I don't really know...it's weird, but works exactly as before.

I'll keep doing some more testing, but seems to be what I want.

I wonder what all the new settings do? I guess that give you some protection against bad cookies, but I'd just as well control the whole thing myself. I only have maybe 20 sites in my trusted zone, so it keeps the unecessary cookies way down. I guess I could have more "safe" cookies on my system if I used the new settings, but why?

Let me know what you guys find out.

BTW, seems very nice so far. No major changes, easy install, all working well..knock on wood.