>Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 00:03:53 -0500 >From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Open Transport on 7.1 >In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >At 20:05 -0800 on 01/12/02, Gamba wrote: > >>>Because iCab works *better* for everything else, >>>the pickle >> >>Not quite everything. >>For instance, if I want to check my website statistics at earthlink, iCab >>won't work. > >Again, reporting these bugs will get iCab fixed, whereas reporting bugs in >NN 4 to the Netscape folks doesn't get anything done...
Uh, one day I discovered that iCab ppc was unable to collect the "OPT-OUT" cookie available for free from doubleclick. I wrote to iCab. The final exchanges follow: =========== >I have no such advertising filter, unfortunately. If you know of one, >please tell me where to get it. <http://www.icab.de/filtermanager.html> >As I have explained, iCab is one of three Mac browsers I use regularly, >but it is truly the only one which will not accept the doubleclick >opt-out cookie. Maybe a certain iCab setting will filter out this filter. In case the cookie is not fully legal or valid, it can be automatically filtered out with a certain cookie setting of the preferences dialog. >>>>[I replied, supplied the opt-out URL, and then received... >Ah, but it is fully legal and valid... The only problem is that doubleclick doesn't send this cookie to iCab. So if iCab doesn't receive this cookie it can't store and use it. I've now checked this so I know why this is happening. The problem is the default "Referer" setting (Preferences > Network > HTTP) of iCab. iCab will use a more secure "Referer" setting so that the Referer is only within the same domain. But because when setting the "opt-out" cookie the server/domain will change and the "Referer" is not send, so it doesn't work. If you configure iCab to always send the "Referer" (which is the default setting of Netscape and MSIE, but which can be also a real security risk and therefore many firewalls do filter out the "Referer" information as well) you'll get the opt-out cookie with iCab as well. ================ Maybe not, but perhaps this info can help some iCab fans here achieve better performance. Bob F -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
