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Well, my default is to accept cookies from the originating web site only, or some wording such as that. Maybe e-Bay considers its unsecure and secure web sites as different sites. When I get home I will play with cookies.
> I get that also, and my working hypothesis is that you must have Cookies enabled
> *before* you sign in, perhaps even at the time you first go to the sign-in page.
> I haven't gotten around to testing this idea, because my personal default is to
> have Cookies disabled. By the time I remember to turn them back on, for the
> time
> being, it is too late, as that "can't redirect" page has kicked in, and the only
> thing to do from there is to click on the "if you didn't go there automatically
> .
> . . " link. My strong hunch is that if I remembered to Enable Cookies _before_
> reaching a 'Sign In' situation, this would not even come up.
>
> Next, you're going to shoot down my theory by telling me that *your* default is
> to
> have Cookies ON all the time . . . .
>
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> Jordan
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Well, my default is to accept cookies from the originating web site only, or some wording such as that. Maybe e-Bay considers its unsecure and secure web sites as different sites. When I get home I will play with cookies.
> I get that also, and my working hypothesis is that you must have Cookies enabled > *before* you sign in, perhaps even at the time you first go to the sign-in page. > I haven't gotten around to testing this idea, because my personal default is to > have Cookies disabled. By the time I remember to turn them back on, for the > time > being, it is too late, as that "can't redirect" page has kicked in, and the only > thing to do from there is to click on the "if you didn't go there automatically > . > . . " link. My strong hunch is that if I remembered to Enable Cookies _before_ > reaching a 'Sign In' situation, this would not even come up. > > Next, you're going to shoot down my theory by telling me that *your* default is > to > have Cookies ON all the time . . . . > > > Jordan > > > > ===================================================== >
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