Re: lynx-dev Cookie accepting behaviour in lynx 2.8rel2 (SCO Skunkware2000 version)

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, C. Jason Bruner wrote:

> Yeah, I know...  Do you think upgrading will fix it, or does it sound more
> like I'm doing something wrong?

upgrading will probably fix it - in any case, upgrading will let us make
sure it's not something fixed/implemented some time ago.

>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> >2.8 is old
> >2.8.4 is current (about 3 years newer)
>
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I'm stumped and haven't seen this discussed in any of the other help
> >> resources, so I apologize in advance if this has already been covered.
> >>
> > I've got a web page regrettably running under IIS 5.0 that makes requires
> >> use of asp session variables, and hence cookies.
> >>
> >> When opening up the web page as in "www.home.com/test" and answering "Y"
> to
> >> the "Allow cookie" prompt, my application works fine and state is kept
> while
> >> browsing the site.  However, I can't get lynx to do the same by using the
> >> "-cookies" command line parameter.
> >>
> >> I was using, at one point, "-cookiesA", and although I don't get "Allow
> >> cookie" prompt, my web site doesn't seem to think that cookies are being
> >> supported and loses state.  I've tried "-cookiesY", "cookies=Y", and just
> >> about every combination thereof, but can't seem to figure it out.
> >>
> >> I'm also using SET_COOKIES:TRUE in lynx.cfg.  What am I doing wrong?!?!
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> C. Jason Bruner
>
>
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