> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 1:46 PM
> To: Ian Kallen
> Cc: Jim Sproull; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: PerlLogHandler and mod_usertrack
>
>
Hi Guys!
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:23:38AM -0700, Ian Kallen wrote:
> > Hi Jacob!
>
> Hi Ian!
>
>
> That also changes the mechanism from log-on-set to log-on-return, though.
> If they didn't have a cookie, on their first request mod_usertrack will
> set it and log it. If you only log from inbound cookies, though, you
> don't log on that first request.
>
> You'll lose external Referer data from that first request, which
> may or may
> not matter to you. On the bright side, when someone with cookies switched
> off goes through your site, they won't leave a trail of orphan
> cookies with
> them (cookies set and logged, but never returned).
>
I guess this is a trade-off I'll have to weigh. I need the Referer data
from the first request, but also don't want all those extra unused cookies
being logged. I guess I'll have to do some post-processing with the logs.
Anyway, thanks for the tips!
Jim
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