Re: cookies with internet explorer on macs

thanks ... lots of my customers use entourage ... On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 20:53, Lowell Allen wrote: > > From: Jimmy Brake <jimmy@isurge.com> > > > > The cookies i set for people using Internet Explorer on mac (OS X or mac > > os 8-9) are not staying alive as long as I would like(12hours) they only > > last for a few hours or sometimes even a few minutes, the time on the > > end users computers are set correctly. IE on windows is fine and Mozilla > > and other browsers on linux are fine. > > > > This is what I use to set the cookie. > > > > $rand = md5(uniqid(rand())); > > setcookie("sessid", $rand, time()+43200, "/"); > > > > Any ideas? > > A designer I work with was having problems with his sessions sometimes > expiring after a few minutes. He uses OS X/Internet Explorer/Entourage. He > determined that whenever he checks his email with Entourage, his session > cookie is no longer recognized. He got Microsoft support to duplicate and > acknowledge the problem. I use Mac OS 9/Internet Explorer/Outlook Express -- > no problem. > > -- > Lowell Allen -- Jimmy Brake <jimmy@isurge.com>