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+Cookie handling when using the lynx browser:
+
+General Usage on a unix system:
+
+Cookie handling may be set so that you read them in on session start up from a 
+saved file, and to restore all cookies to that file on session close.
+
+Warning and Disclaimer:
+
+The lynx browser provides great opportunity to examine and make decisions about 
+cookies by default, but some users just want the speed benefits of the lynx 
+browser without the prompting for a decision to accept or reject the cookie. 
+Should you think that this is your situation, please read this:
+
+There are a number of privacy issues with accepting all cookies blindly, not 
+the least of which is that you are storing evidence of your browsing activity 
+into a regular disk file. 
+
+You have been warned. There are many resources available that will provide you 
+with more information about making informed choices about this subject. 
+
+With that in mind, here is how to accept all cookies transparently and rapidly:
+
+The following .lynxrc or lynx.cfg settings provide the user with the ability 
+to by default accept all cookies transparently. 
+
+SET_COOKIES:TRUE
+ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:TRUE
+PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE
+COOKIE_FILE:/path/to/directory/.lynx_cookies
+COOKIE_SAVE_FILE:/path/to/directory/.lynx_cookies
+COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS:sports.espn.go.com,espn.go.com,.go.com,
+FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE:FALSE
+
+You must have a "cookie save file" that you own and for which you have 
+read/write permission; cookies are flushed out to that disk location when you 
+exit lynx, and are read in for use at the start of a lynx session from there. 
+Cookies do not persist unless this happens. 
+
+If you wish to see for yourself that this actually happens, please use the 
+-trace command line option and then read the resulting file "Lynx.trace".
+It will show the cookies being read in at the start of a session, and being
+written out at the conclusion of a session.
+
+FORCE_SSL_COOKIES_SECURE is for ebay and the like, or they won't remember you;
+(their login is secure but everything else isn't, like a lot of big sites). 
+If lynx attempts to transmit the ebay cookie securely, it's not taken.
+This doesn't affect cookie acceptance but it's a functionality issue for users.
+
+The COOKIE_LOOSE_INVALID_DOMAINS is for botched cookies from sites you read a 
+lot. This causes a great deal of prompting and if you are a frequent site user
+you may want to convenience yourself with a set of loose invalid domains.
+
+
+Stef Caunter 
+http://caunter.ca/contact.html
+http://caunter.ca/README.cookies
+