[PT]

1. I visit a number of sites on a regular basis. Many require a login.
Once I've entered the login information, the site creates a cookie in the
cookie cache so that I don't have to log in on subsequent visits. So far -
I follow the process.

2. Now, periodically I like to flush out all the other hundreds of cookies
which sites have dropped into my cookie cache. But I want to retain the
cookies for the sites I set up in step 1. But they are sccattered in the
listing of hundreds of useless cookies.

So here's what I tried. I created a folder called "Cookies-Hold". Into it,
I manually copied the cookies from the desired sites. Then, several weeks
later, when I flush all the cookies in the cache, I recopy the held cookies
back into the main cookie cache. Seems logical to me that I should still be
able to log in to those sites without problems. But in fact, these sites
behave as though I was logging in as a new user. In other words, the old
cookies don't do the job.

Does this have to do with the dating of the cookies? In other words,
Suppose Web Site XX placed its initial cookie on my system on January 1, and
then later on March 5, I delete all the cookies in the cache and replace the
site's cookie with the one it created on January 1. Will that old cookie
not work?

Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want - namely to be able to
flush the cookie cache while retaining selected cookies?


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