Cookie problem max age problem

[Pratik Machchar]

Hi all
I set a cookie with certain maxAge() say 200.
now on logout I wan't to remove that cookie I set  maxAge(0) then also this
cookis is not removed
I am using tomcat3.2 final Release and IE 5 with windows 2000 standalon
tomcat server
same problem appears with
tomcat3.2 final Release IE5 and linux 7.0  apache.
Actually when I see that cookie on other page through request.getCookies();
I can get that cookie but when I try to see cookie.getMaxAge() it returns -1

any help
Thanks in advance