At 10:34 2/14/96, Alex Strasheim wrote:

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I'm curious if anyone knows which sites use/modify it. AFAIK, the only site that uses it is *.netscape.com

That is not quite true. There are other sites that use the cookies. (It is not very common though...)

A good place to read about cookies is http://www.illuminatus.com/cookie; I think there are pointers to cgi/perl stuff that manipulates them.

Cookies are very helpful for database and commerce applications. I'm using them for a crude online store, as a way to let the web server keep track of who has what in their shopping basket.

Cookies are a godsend for shopping baskets. Saving state without them is a major pain. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.