From: "Philip Mak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:13 AM
> Subject: Should cookies expire?
>
>
> > I have a general question about websites that use cookies to store
> session
> > information:
> &
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From: "Philip Mak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 11:13 AM
Subject: Should cookies expire?
> I have a general question about websites that use cookies to store session
> information:
>
> Why should they e
Philip Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> I have a general question about websites that use cookies to store session
> information:
>
> Why should they expire at all?
>
> Let me give you an example. Yesterday, I was at Amtrak Rail's website to
> purchase train tickets. Now, I multitask a lot, and
is not an issue, but on many sites the
amount of information that is needed to be stored on a per-session
basis is a bit large for a cookie.
-Paul
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From: Philip Mak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shou
I have a general question about websites that use cookies to store session
information:
Why should they expire at all?
Let me give you an example. Yesterday, I was at Amtrak Rail's website to
purchase train tickets. Now, I multitask a lot, and sometimes I might
leave one browser window idle whil
