what can block cookies?

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Arne wrote:

> Once upon a time *Dica* wrote:
> > i've got a client who can't login to a site. we know the userName/pw is okay
> > so it looks like the session cookie isn't able to set his login state. i've
> > already provided detailed explanations on how to reduce cookie security so
> > that the cookie should be set, but he claims he's still having problems. are
> > there other apps he may have installed that can keep the login cookie from
> > being set?
>
> Firewalls, HOST file and Adware/Spyware programs can sometimes have
> some "over protecting" settings that prevent users from accessing and
> using sites that set cookies.

Also find out whether the site is using the cookie protocol or JavaScript
to set cookies. You may have to enable JavaScript if it's disabled.

The site may also be using cookies with invalid characters (punctuation
and/or spaces and/or control characters) which work with some browsers
that don't follow standards but fail for standards-compliant browsers that
strip the invalid characters.

I can't access any of the forums on Yahoo! Groups with Lynx. I get
redirected to a page that tells me to enable cookies and try again
even though I *have* a cookie from them in my cookiejar. Several messages
to Yahoo! about this seem to have been completely ignored by Yahoo! since
I have never received a single response to my queries.

--
``Why don't you find a more appropiate newsgroup to post this tripe into?
This is a meeting place for a totally differnt kind of "vision impairment".
Catch my drift?'' -- "jim" in alt.disability.blind.social regarding an
off-topic religious/political post, March 28, 2005