Looking for a specific cookie manager.

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somexyzguy

Greets,

I've looked at a lot of free cookie managers but none seem to do the one
thing I want.

I want a cookie manager to allow me to indicate which site I allow cookies
from--all other cookies are not allowed, that is blocked/deleted
automatically.

All cookie managers I've seen so far require you to indicate which cookies
to keep and which to delete. To me, if I don't explicitly say keep it then
it should be deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Greets,

I've looked at a lot of free cookie managers but none seem to do
the one thing I want.

I want a cookie manager to allow me to indicate which site I allow
cookies from--all other cookies are not allowed, that is
blocked/deleted automatically.

All cookie managers I've seen so far require you to indicate which
cookies to keep and which to delete. To me, if I don't explicitly
say keep it then it should be deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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Most browsers have this functionality built in. I know Internet
Explorer does, and am fairly certain that Mozilla/Firebird do as well.
 
Most browsers have this functionality built in. I know Internet
Explorer does, and am fairly certain that Mozilla/Firebird do as well.
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With IE you have to indicate which sites to block and that's not what I
want to do. Thanks though.
 
somexyzguy said:
Greets,

I've looked at a lot of free cookie managers but none seem to do the one
thing I want.

I want a cookie manager to allow me to indicate which site I allow cookies
from--all other cookies are not allowed, that is blocked/deleted
automatically.

All cookie managers I've seen so far require you to indicate which cookies
to keep and which to delete. To me, if I don't explicitly say keep it then
it should be deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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The Mozilla browser can do this for you.
 
The Mozilla browser can do this for you.
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Actually I've been trying Mozilla Firebird for several days now. It's a
great browser but even with the plugins there are still things that MyIE2
does that it won't. So I'm going to stay with MyIE2 and try to find a
cookie manager that does this one simple thing.
 
With IE you have to indicate which sites to block and that's not what
I want to do. Thanks though.
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Pretty sure with IE 6 you can set your privacy settings to restrict all
cookies and then allow only the few sites you will accept them from as
the exceptions.

Eric
 
Pretty sure with IE 6 you can set your privacy settings to restrict all
cookies and then allow only the few sites you will accept them from as
the exceptions.

Eric
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No, you can't.
 
No, you can't.
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Tools>Internet Options>Privacy>Click Advanced>Then block all cookies>
then click edit>enter the sites you want to allow as exceptions.


If I'm still wrong, sorry. That's what I do.


Eric
 
somexyzguy said:
Greets,

I've looked at a lot of free cookie managers but none seem to do the
one thing I want.

I want a cookie manager to allow me to indicate which site I allow
cookies from--all other cookies are not allowed, that is
blocked/deleted automatically.

All cookie managers I've seen so far require you to indicate which
cookies to keep and which to delete. To me, if I don't explicitly
say keep it then it should be deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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Toss Your Cookies lets you designate any cookies (not sites) you want to
save and deletes all others with a single click.
http://www.easycoolsoftware.com/
 
somexyzguy said:
Actually I've been trying Mozilla Firebird for several days now. It's a
great browser but even with the plugins there are still things that MyIE2
does that it won't. So I'm going to stay with MyIE2 and try to find a
cookie manager that does this one simple thing.
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Firebird is good, but in my opinion Mozilla is better, since it gives
you many more options and much greater control over your browsing. I've
been using 1.7 Beta with no complaints. The 1.7 final should be released
in a week or two and I recommend trying it out.
 
With IE you have to indicate which sites to block and that's not
what I want to do.
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No, you don't. I'm going by IE6 here, but you can block all cookies
by going to Internet Options->Privacy->Advanced. In the window that
comes up, choose to Override automatic cookie handling, block both
first and third-party cookies, then choose OK. Then click the "Edit"
button under "Websites" and type in the domain which you wish to
allow, and press the Allow button. That should do what you're asking
for.
 
Greets,

I've looked at a lot of free cookie managers but none seem to do the
one thing I want.

I want a cookie manager to allow me to indicate which site I allow
cookies from--all other cookies are not allowed, that is
blocked/deleted automatically.

All cookie managers I've seen so far require you to indicate which
cookies to keep and which to delete. To me, if I don't explicitly say
keep it then it should be deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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The free version of Agnitum Outpost firewall has a cookie plug in. When a
site wants you accept a cookie you get a popup window giving you the
choice of accept or reject. It saves your choice and applies it to future
visits.
 
They are called extensions. And what features are you talking about?
I may be able to help.

As pointed out IE does this already :)

Firebird is good, but in my opinion Mozilla is better, since it gives
you many more options and much greater control over your browsing.
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Actually both are very similar, though Mozilla tends to have more of the
options exposed in the User interface, while in firefox you got to dig
into it to find what you want.
I've been using 1.7 Beta with no complaints. The 1.7 final should be
released in a week or two and I recommend trying it out.
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Matter of preference, I don't find the 2 that different (the browser i
mean) once they are properly customised.


Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
They are called extensions. And what features are you talking about?
I may be able to help.
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Actually, the more I try it the more I figuring out how to make it do
things. The Ad elimination extension is awsome. The one thing that I do
miss is being able to click my middle mouse button, have it turn into the
double arrows, and use it to "slide" up or down the page.

Actually both are very similar, though Mozilla tends to have more of the
options exposed in the User interface, while in firefox you got to dig
into it to find what you want.
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I thought Firefox was supposed to be the "Newer/Better" Mozilla?
 
The free version of Agnitum Outpost firewall has a cookie plug in.
When a site wants you accept a cookie you get a popup window giving
you the choice of accept or reject. It saves your choice and applies
it to future visits.
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Thanks, but the popups get annoying after awhile.
 
Actually, the more I try it the more I figuring out how to make it do
things. The Ad elimination extension is awsome. The one thing that I
do miss is being able to click my middle mouse button, have it turn
into the double arrows, and use it to "slide" up or down the page.
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Hmm, that's exactly what happens when i click my middle mouse when using
Firefox, I don't know why it doesn't work for you.
I thought Firefox was supposed to be the "Newer/Better" Mozilla?
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That's one way to put it. But in reality, things are not that simple.



Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
Hmm, that's exactly what happens when i click my middle mouse when using
Firefox, I don't know why it doesn't work for you.
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If it's working for you then perhaps it's because I have an extension that
that opens a new tab when I click my middle mouse button.
 
somexyzguy said:
Actually, the more I try it the more I figuring out how to make it do
things. The Ad elimination extension is awsome. The one thing that I do
miss is being able to click my middle mouse button, have it turn into the
double arrows, and use it to "slide" up or down the page.





I thought Firefox was supposed to be the "Newer/Better" Mozilla?
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Not yet! It probably will be soon, but Firefox (and Thunderbird) are
still being based on the newest releases of Mozilla.
 
Thanks, but the popups get annoying after awhile.
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HUH ??? Maybe you need to research your comments first !

From a previous thread, by you, "That's pretty good. Now if it could
just do it by domain instead of individual cookie."

Which is what the Outpost Firewall plugin does. Check allow/reject on a
domain by domain basis, and saves (remembers) your choice for that domain
forever.

In Outpost Firewall you can set the cookie plug-in to reject all cookies,
then over-ride that setting on a domain by domain basis. And yes, you can
pre-enter the domains you wish to allow, thereby eliminating the pop up
"dialog box".
 
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