Paul Cundle said,
> When a site sets a cookie, it stores some info on your
> harddisk in a file which tells it info about your visit. When you go
> back, it automatically looks up what it last stored so it can have
> some 'intelligence' about what to show you. Try turning them to 'ask
> always' in Voyager and have a look when one pops up. I don't think
> they can determine information you don't tell them - like email
> address - but if one site stores a cookie, sometimes others can read
> it.
Only if both sites share the same domain name. A site doesn't ask the
browser for a cookie, the browser looks to see if there's a cookie
matching the page you've just requested and send sit along with the page
request. This prevents a page from trawling for cookie information.
Neil
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