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Cookies:-

The Three J's uses cookies to control access to the discussion boards. We can’t get by without cookies, particularly the chocolate chip variety, but you shouldn’t be concerned about accepting cookies from our site because they’re very low in fat and won’t do you, your PC or your privacy any harm.

A cookie is: A very small text file placed on your hard drive (with your permission) by a Web Page server. It is essentially your identification card, and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is unique and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.

A cookie is designed to: Tell the server that you have returned to the Three J's site. A cookie helps you: It saves you time because, if the cookie exists, you don’t have to key in your username and password each time you access the Three J's area.

A cookie helps us: It gives us control over who is accessing the pages and the ability to block users who abuse the service.

You have control over whether to accept cookies or not: You can order your browser to accept all cookies or to alert you every time a cookie is offered. Then you can decide whether to accept one or not.

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
1. Choose View, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab,
4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.

In Internet Explorer 3.0, you can View, Options, Advanced and click on the button that says Warn Before Accepting "cookies."

If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. Edit, then
2. Preferences, then
3. click on Advanced.
4. Set your options in the box labeled "cookies".

You can also see the cookies you’ve accepted:

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0
On your task bar, click:
1. View, then
2. Internet Options.
3. Under the tab General (the default tab) click
4. Settings, then
5. View Files.

Internet Explorer 3.0
On your Task Bar, click:
1. View, then
2. Options, then
3. Advanced, then
4. View Files.

Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines.

How to See the Code in a Cookie: Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

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