lynx-dev LYNX: cookies, site doesn't think I have them.

[David Combs]

Here's all the info, grabbed from the screen:








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--------- Here is where I was before I got that msg about "do you allow
cookies?"  or whatever:

                         Lynx 2.8.2pre.4 (16 May 1999) ([1]development version) 
- [2]compile time options
   
File that you are currently viewing
   
   Linkname: Welcome
        URL:
          
http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/AC/setguestcookie.cgi?section=News&host=www%2Enewsunlimited%2Eco%2Euk&uri=%2Fcomment
          %2Fstory%2F0%2C3604%2C53246%2C00%2Ehtml&userid=4G9Dbb01
    Charset: iso-8859-1 (assumed)
     Server: Apache/1.3.1 (Unix)
       Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:46:59 GMT
   Owner(s): None
       size: 4 lines
       mode: normal, no-cache

Link that you currently have selected

   Linkname: g_content
        URL: 
http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,53246,00.html?cantsetcookie=0




So I look to see if I have any cookies; yes, I do:


{netcom8:289} egrepi cookie ls.dn
   4 -rw-------  1 dkcombs      1221 Apr  2 22:37 .lynx_cookies
   4 -rw-r-----  1 dkcombs       154 Sep 30  1998 cookies
{netcom8:290} 



{netcom8:294} head -9000 cookies .lynx_cookies
==> cookies <==
www.salonmagazine.com   FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       NGUserID        
a00000e-221-907032929-2
www.salon1999.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       NGUserID        
a00000e-221-907032494-1

==> .lynx_cookies <==
.cfol.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   1201651200      CFOL_PERM_ORGID 0
.snap.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   946684799       u_edition_0_0   home
.pathfinder.com FALSE   /       FALSE   2051222400      PFUID   
cc47f23d369fa22c049a1000ffffff9d
www.rediff.com  FALSE   /       FALSE   1293753600      EGSOFT_ID       
192.100.81.107-189557040.29245635
www.redifindia.com      FALSE   /       FALSE   1293753600      EGSOFT_ID       
192.100.81.107-1018114336.29245634
.tripod.com     FALSE   /       FALSE   945610792       CookieStatus    
COOKIE_OK
cnn.com FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       CNNid   
cf194710-19707-911277331-4
www.salonmagazine.com   FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       NGUserID        
a00000f-266-908149981-1
www.salon1999.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       NGUserID        
a00000e-269-908149849-1
www.detnews.com FALSE   /       FALSE   942189160       NGUserID        
d161101e-9161-909028805-1
www.year2000.com        FALSE   /       FALSE   942197604       Apache  
netcom829203910661604335
www.csmonitor.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   946684799       AnalysisUserId  
617910700234
.amazon.com     FALSE   /       FALSE   2082787201      ubid-main       
002-9953891-5508203
www.javaworld.com       FALSE   /       FALSE   1037630316      WPI     
911860716.jw.00424
www.sunworld.com        FALSE   /       FALSE   1037637464      WPI     
911867864.sw.00773
.altavista.com  FALSE   /       FALSE   946641600       AV_UID  d4968a5f3afd15
www.springer.de FALSE   /       FALSE   1261706400      id      11387
www.springer.de FALSE   /       FALSE   1261706400      testid  SPRINGER
{netcom8:295} 







Where is my lynx.cfg?   I don't know -- i DID have one.
Does new lynx remove it?  Am running someone else's lynx runtime.