are there issues with Firefox 2.0.0.1 and Canada Post's ePost?

[G Mc.Pherson]

Hi Peter,

Peter Whittaker wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 19:34 -0500, G Mc.Pherson wrote:
>> Up to a few weeks ago, I was able to log into both my Yahoo mail and 
>> Google mail from my Ubuntu based home machine. The problem is that with 
>> Yahoo mail, I am repetitively questioned to enter my password without 
>> ever getting into my mail account.
> 
> Do you have cookie management software/extensions installed? I ask
> because this behaviour is what I see under FireFox when first accessing
> a site that requires passwords: Until I remember to hit Alt-C and enable
> cookies for that site, I get exactly the behaviour you describe. Without
> cookies, the "next page" does not know you're authenticated and sends
> you back to the authentication page.
> 
> I am running FireFox 2.0.0.2 under Feisty 2.6.20-9 and everything works.
> I have no problems with accessing gmail, my bank accounts, sites with
> lots o' flash, etc.
> 
> Re cookie management, I use the "Permit Cookies" extension - simple,
> straightforward, lightweight - and disable all cookies by default. Then,
> when I hit a site that I want to visit* that needs cookies, I enable
> them by bringing up the extension with alt-c (or clicking on the C in
> the bottom right portion of the status bar, near Adblock and
> linkification).
> 
> * I generally eschew sites that require cookies for no good reason. I
> don't think I've met one yet that had so much to offer that I'd permit
> it to track my access. Password-authenticated sites are another matter -
> if I felt it was worth signing up, well, 'nuff said. :->

Currently, I have Firefox set to accept cookies and keep them until 
Firefox is closed and no plugins installed. As a matter of course, while 
I was in discussions with Yahoo's support, I renamed my ~/.mozilla 
directory so Firefox created a new one, the default setting which sets 
cookies to accept until they expire and unfortunately still no luck.

For the record, I'm in 100% agreement with your stance on cookies. I 
prefer to disable cookies and add an entry into the exceptions box for 
sites that I decide are worth.

Regards
Gord

P.S. I'm going to download a copy of Firefox 1.5.0.x and try that, as 
it's about the only thing I haven't tried.