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I searched a few months ago for a simple cookie manager, and I didn't
like any of them. I just searched again, and still couldn't find any.

What I want is a program that lets me keep a list of the cookies I
WANT, and will delete everything else with the click of a button. I
have not found this functionality in ANY of the Freeware/Shareware
cookies managers I located. This seems to me to be the most important
function - you need cookies so the pages will load okay, but when you
leave there should be a button (in an app, but preferably part of the
browser) to DELETE all non-preserved cookies, so any tracking cookies
are gone. This seems to be a simple function, and what is the most
needed. With this functionaly you wouldn't really need to block any
tracking cookes, if you were willing the click the delete button when
you left an area. Functionality for easlily moving cookies to the
preserved area (for login info, preferences, ...) should be built in.

For example, CookieMonster CLAIMS to do this, but it doesn't. Do the
following test: 1) Go to www.tvguide.com, click 'localized listings' on
the top right. Type in your e-mail address (new/registered as
appropriate) and log in. You should get a page with the local listings.
2) View the cookies via Netscape (I'm using 7.2). There are around 17
tvguide cookies. Close this window. 3) Load CookieMonster, and set
options/cookie paths so only Netscape has a directory. Cookie Monster
will display most, but not all, of the tvguide cookies. Delete the
cookies. The window is now blank. 4) Reopen netscapes cookie manager -
the cookes are STILL THERE! Close the window. Lets see if they are
really still there. Select view/reload to reload the page. The page
reloads fine. Now reopen Netscape's cookie manager. Delete the tvguide
cookies. Now select view/reload again. You now get the 'listings setup
page' - the cookies are NOW deleted. CookieMonster DID NOT WORK. (I
don't care if there's some trick to get it to work, like you have to
close Netscape, or you have to exit CookieMonster.)

I found one app that claims to delete non-preserved cookies on bootup,
but that doesn't interest me. I want to be able to do it as needed,
without having to go into Netscapes cookie manager to manually delete
them - and it hard to keep track of all the ones you want...

If anyone knows of software that will do this, please let me know.

jed_c45 writes:

I searched a few months ago for a simple cookie manager, and I didn't like
any of them. I just searched again, and still couldn't find any.

What I want is a program that lets me keep a list of the cookies I WANT,
and will delete everything else with the click of a button. I have not

The only thing I've found that comes close to this is the Opera web
browser. Allows settings for accepting or rejecting by domain/site
individually, accepting with updates until closing Opera (or manual
purge), individual settings for invalid paths and third party, etc.

Version 8.5+ is now completely free with no ad banners.

What I am trying to figure out here is how someone gets hooked into this
cookie control stuff.

Duane :)

In article <1134695254.257317.10890@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
jed_c45@hotmail.com wrote:

I searched a few months ago for a simple cookie manager, and I didn't
like any of them. I just searched again, and still couldn't find any.

What I want is a program that lets me keep a list of the cookies I
WANT, and will delete everything else with the click of a button. I
have not found this functionality in ANY of the Freeware/Shareware
cookies managers I located. This seems to me to be the most important
function - you need cookies so the pages will load okay, but when you
leave there should be a button (in an app, but preferably part of the
browser) to DELETE all non-preserved cookies, so any tracking cookies
are gone. This seems to be a simple function, and what is the most
needed. With this functionaly you wouldn't really need to block any
tracking cookes, if you were willing the click the delete button when
you left an area. Functionality for easlily moving cookies to the
preserved area (for login info, preferences, ...) should be built in.

For example, CookieMonster CLAIMS to do this, but it doesn't. Do the
following test: 1) Go to www.tvguide.com, click 'localized listings' on
the top right. Type in your e-mail address (new/registered as
appropriate) and log in. You should get a page with the local listings.
2) View the cookies via Netscape (I'm using 7.2). There are around 17
tvguide cookies. Close this window. 3) Load CookieMonster, and set
options/cookie paths so only Netscape has a directory. Cookie Monster
will display most, but not all, of the tvguide cookies. Delete the
cookies. The window is now blank. 4) Reopen netscapes cookie manager -
the cookes are STILL THERE! Close the window. Lets see if they are
really still there. Select view/reload to reload the page. The page
reloads fine. Now reopen Netscape's cookie manager. Delete the tvguide
cookies. Now select view/reload again. You now get the 'listings setup
page' - the cookies are NOW deleted. CookieMonster DID NOT WORK. (I
don't care if there's some trick to get it to work, like you have to
close Netscape, or you have to exit CookieMonster.)

I found one app that claims to delete non-preserved cookies on bootup,
but that doesn't interest me. I want to be able to do it as needed,
without having to go into Netscapes cookie manager to manually delete
them - and it hard to keep track of all the ones you want...

If anyone knows of software that will do this, please let me know.

Firefox lets you set required options without stuffing about with third
party apps.

Tools|Options Click on Privacy icon and choose Cookies tab.

Try CookieWall from AnalogX. Free and simple.
http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm

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<jed_c45@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I searched a few months ago for a simple cookie manager, and I didn't
like any of them. I just searched again, and still couldn't find any.

What I want is a program that lets me keep a list of the cookies I
WANT, and will delete everything else with the click of a button. I
have not found this functionality in ANY of the Freeware/Shareware
cookies managers I located. This seems to me to be the most important
function - you need cookies so the pages will load okay, but when you
leave there should be a button (in an app, but preferably part of the
browser) to DELETE all non-preserved cookies, so any tracking cookies
are gone. This seems to be a simple function, and what is the most
needed. With this functionaly you wouldn't really need to block any
tracking cookes, if you were willing the click the delete button when
you left an area. Functionality for easlily moving cookies to the
preserved area (for login info, preferences, ...) should be built in.

For example, CookieMonster CLAIMS to do this, but it doesn't. Do the
following test: 1) Go to www.tvguide.com, click 'localized listings' on
the top right. Type in your e-mail address (new/registered as
appropriate) and log in. You should get a page with the local listings.
2) View the cookies via Netscape (I'm using 7.2). There are around 17
tvguide cookies. Close this window. 3) Load CookieMonster, and set
options/cookie paths so only Netscape has a directory. Cookie Monster
will display most, but not all, of the tvguide cookies. Delete the
cookies. The window is now blank. 4) Reopen netscapes cookie manager -
the cookes are STILL THERE! Close the window. Lets see if they are
really still there. Select view/reload to reload the page. The page
reloads fine. Now reopen Netscape's cookie manager. Delete the tvguide
cookies. Now select view/reload again. You now get the 'listings setup
page' - the cookies are NOW deleted. CookieMonster DID NOT WORK. (I
don't care if there's some trick to get it to work, like you have to
close Netscape, or you have to exit CookieMonster.)

I found one app that claims to delete non-preserved cookies on bootup,
but that doesn't interest me. I want to be able to do it as needed,
without having to go into Netscapes cookie manager to manually delete
them - and it hard to keep track of all the ones you want...

If anyone knows of software that will do this, please let me know.

On 15 Dec 2005 17:07:34 -0800, jed_c45@hotmail.com wrote:

What I want is a program that lets me keep a list of the cookies I
WANT, and will delete everything else with the click of a button.

Firefox Cookie Culler extension does that from a toolbar. You can
protect the cookies you want to save and chuck the rest, while
browsing. If the browser is set to chuck all cookies when it closes -
protected cookies will remain in memory.

Firefox, out of the box, sans extensions, will do the same thing, but
it takes more clicking.
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