Caching on IE

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Hello,

Having a problem with IE Caching. My Web App is running on IIS 6.0. In the
Headers in IIS I have specified Expire Immedtiality and the no-cache options.
For a few folders I have taken this option out so that the IMG folder is
cached. In IE when I browse the site, the first access to the site downloads
the images. Using MS Fiddler I can see this happening. The second time I
visit the page in the same IE browser session it reads from cache and does
not download again. However, whne I close the browser and reopen, it winds
up downloading again instead of using the cache. My IE settings for cache is
set to Automatic... Any ideas why?
 
The automatic cache setting has always behaved rather flakey. It takes some
time, sometimes, to build up a sort of history in how it checks for changes
to a web page. If you right click on that setting in IE and then click on
"What's this", you'll see an explanation on how that setting is supposed to
work. It takes time for it to figure out what changes and how often on a
particular web site - sort of how the "Personalized Favorites menu" is
supposed to work.
I would suggest using another cache setting, depending on your needs.
 
Thanks for the help. Is there a website that you could point me too as to
what other cache options I have? I am assuming you are talking about the IIS
Server HTTP Headers caching?
 
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