Subject: Re: Problem activating account
From: f/f george
Date: 17/10/2004, 05:14
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:47:21 -0000, gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)
wrote:


There are no proxies involved, and I don't allow cookies on any of my
systems. I lock my browsers down as tightly as possible to prevent
problems from malicious code, popups, and similar trash. Oddly enough,
I rarely have to rebuild one of my systems. :-)  I expect web sites to
make their pages usable for those of us who configure browsers securely,
or lose the opportunity to make their presentation to me.

I can't see any purpose in requiring cookies, particularly for something
as simple as activating an account. That's a flag in the database at
_their_ end...


Gary
Then it may be time to move on to another program. Your choice as
always. Do it their way or move on.