On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Rzepa, Henry wrote:
Netscape 3, under Options/Network/Protocols allows an alert to be shown if a remote server has asked to write into your "cookie" file. I encountered such a request from e.g. http://structbio.nature.com/1996-April/thesolutionstructureofhivnefre [snip] But how would visitors from the commercial side of things view this? Is it part of the "e-world", or should we be concerned.
I suppose one can always delete the cookies file on a regular basis. It certainly doesn't seem to perform any "useful" function as far as the user is concerned. (Or do I get Club points? :-) _______________________________________________________________________ Rick Hobson Tel: +44-(0)1734 875123, extn. 7447 <R.J.Hobson@rdg.ac.uk> Fax: +44-(0)1734 311610 Chemistry Dept. University of Reading As part of the latest round of efficiency RG6 6AD, UK gains it has been decided to switch off the light at the end of the tunnel. _______________________________________________________________________ ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)