John W. Baxter wrote: >On 11/10/05 9:12 AM, "Bob Bales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >>> Your web browser is not accepting cookies. >> >> Mark, I have cookies turned on in both IE6 and in Firefox. Or at least they >> say they are on. > >Or the failing machine's clock is way off. Did it forget about the end of >daylight time, perhaps?
I don't think the clock on the machine running the web browser has any effect no matter how far off it is. There is a 'timestamp' encoded in the cookie, but this timestamp is created on the Mailman host machine and then validated upon receipt back against the host machine's clock. The client machine isn't even aware that the cookie contains a timestamp. I think the only case where time is a problem is if the host sends me a cookie and then daylight saving time/summer time ends and I send the cookie containing the timestamp which is now later that the current host time. The original post in this thread seemed to say that this problem affected all users, thus I said >This is typically caused by not accepting cookies in your browser, but >since it appears to be a global issue, it may have something to do >with the server's sending/receiving of cookies. Then in a followup, Bob said that he had the problem on his machine, but not on his granddaughter's. Thus, it is clearly not a server level issue, but must be a problem with the local machine. I think it must be cookie related. I suggest in IE6, go to Tools->Internet Options->Privacy->Sites and set the mailman host domain to always allow cookies. I don't know Firefox directly, but in Netscape 8 it would be under Tools->Options->Site Controls and you have to be sure cookies are enabled for the trust level of the mailman host domain. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
