Re: [Fwd: Doubleclick]

At 12:43 PM 6/30/96 -0700, you wrote:

>  
>> > >Date:    Wed, 26 Jun 1996 19:42:00 -0700 
>> > >From:    Scott Wyant <scott_wyant@loop.com> Subject: COMMENT: 
>> > >Cookie dough 
>> > > 
>> > >If you're like me, you never went to a site called "doubleclick."  
>> > >So how did they give you a cookie?  After all, the idea of the 
>> > >cookie, according to the specs published by Netscape, is to make a 
>> > >more efficient connection between the server the delivers the 
>> > >cookie and the client machine which receives it. 
>> > >But we have never connected to "doubleclick." 
>
>Scott must have. Navigator is very picky about where a cookie comes 
>from and what is put in the domain field of the cookie.
>

Nope.  I'm afraid your information is incorrect here.  I've also watched
other sites hand me a double-click cookie.

And no, I don't work for "DoubleClick."  Interesting premise, though.
Scott Wyant
Spinoza Ltd.

> >> > >If you're like me, you never went to a site called "doubleclick."  
> >> > >So how did they give you a cookie?  After all, the idea of the 
> >> > >cookie, according to the specs published by Netscape, is to make a 
> >> > >more efficient connection between the server the delivers the 
> >> > >cookie and the client machine which receives it. 
> >> > >But we have never connected to "doubleclick." 

You probably loaded a banner ad from doubleclick -- and downloading the
inline image from their site is sufficient for the cookie transfer to
take place.

Seth
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