[SpamCop-List] Re: OT, but ...

[Brian]

Pop wrote:
> Out of curiousity, I was just wondering if anyone here 
> had noticed cookies coming from a site long after you 
> had left the site, but still during the same session.
>    Sometimes I let my cookie monitor tell me when 
> cookies arrive.  Today was one of those times.  I went 
> to Lowes web stie, spent some time there, put a couple 
> items in my basket, then left, needing more info before 
> I actually made the order.  No order info was given 
> yet.
>    About fifteen minutes AFTER leaving the site, two 
> cookies arrived from Lowes.  A txt1, txt2, and 
> something else I don't recall.  NBD, really, but ... is 
> that a common practice?
>    And ... how is it done once I've closed the 
> connection to their site (but of course still have my 
> browser running).
>   Is it as simple as just sending it?
>   Do spammers use this technique?  Makes a cookie app 
> that much more valuable if so.
>   I use WinPatrol to cach cookies.
> TIA.
> 
> Pop
> 
> 

The simple answer is that WinPatrol is a little slow at reporting things.

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Brian
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