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Subject: Re: downloading WorldMag.com articles
Author: Doris
Date: 10/31/2003 02:06
 
> 
> Can cookies be used? A case study problem:
> I have 
read through the postings in regards to cookies and 
> still 
don't know what to do. 
> The website I am trying to copy is  
www.worldmag.com. It is 
> a News Magazine that offers free 
access to anyone who 
> registers with a username, password, 
and email address.
> I checked the Temporary Internet Files 
folder and found a 
> cookie that is related to the website. 
The cookie is always 
> in the Windows / Temporary Internet 
Files Folder; it does 
> not disappear.
> 
> The cookie's 
characteristics:
> Name: world
> Its internet address: 
jc@www.worldmag.com/world
> Type: Text Document
> Size: 1 KB

> Expires: 7/30/20 8:00 PM
> Last Modified: 11/29/02 4:41 PM

> Last Accessed: 11/29/02 4:41 PM
> Last Checked: 11/29/02 
4:41 PM
> 
> 
> When I opened the cookie in notepad, here 
are the contents 
> of the cookie: 
> reset
> Y
> 
www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 30828271
> 
1118177184
> 29530121
> *
> verified
> Y
> 
www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 30828271
> 
1118177184
> 29530121
> *
> registrant%5Fid
> 23943
> 
www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 30828271
> 
1118677184
> 29530121
> *
> 
> 
> I think that the cookie 
saves the login (username/password) 
> information.
> 
> I 
have read the posts:
> 'Can Cookies be used?' with CM
> 
'Cookie Login Question'
> and others
> 
> I use Internet 
Explorer 5.5, WinHTTrack  3.22-3, Win98.
> 
> 
> It is as if 
someone who is unregistered tries to read some 
> of the 
articles, he is redirected to the registration page. 
> It 
is something like this (but not necessarily exactly the 
> 
same URL):
> 
> 
> In the HTTPTrack copy of the website it 
has this:
> 
<http://www.worldmag.com/world/register/home.asp?pURL>=%
> 
2Fworld%2Fissue%2F12%2D07%2D02%2Fnational%5F4%2Easp
> 
> 
With the Title 'This Page Has Moved.' This title is on the 

> window's title bar.
> 
> The Real web page it should get 
is: 
> <http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/12-07>-
> 
02/national_4.asp. But I don't think that it is reading the 

> cookie that I placed in BOTH the WinHTTrack Folder and the 

> project folder. I even saved my project first, as per the 

> instructions on a different post. When I did, the cookie 

> that I copy from Windows/Temporary Internet Files was 
> 
merged into the cookies.txt file. But it does not help. I 
> 
don't think that www.worldmag.com recognizes the cookie of 

> WinHTTrack.
> 
> If all this sounds confusing, I suggest 
trying the website 
> copying. It does not take long. (about 
100 Kilobytes or 12 
> articles). For instance, try 
> 
<http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/12-07-02/>
> 
> Thank 
you,
> Hanz

> 
> Can cookies be used? A case study problem:

> I have read through the postings in regards to cookies and 

> still don't know what to do. 
> The website I am trying to 
copy is  www.worldmag.com. It is 
> a News Magazine that 
offers free access to anyone who 
> registers with a 
username, password, and email address.
> I checked the 
Temporary Internet Files folder and found a 
> cookie that 
is related to the website. The cookie is always 
> in the 
Windows / Temporary Internet Files Folder; it does 
> not 
disappear.
> 
> The cookie's characteristics:
> Name: world

> Its internet address: jc@www.worldmag.com/world
> Type: 
Text Document
> Size: 1 KB
> Expires: 7/30/20 8:00 PM
> Last 
Modified: 11/29/02 4:41 PM
> Last Accessed: 11/29/02 4:41 PM

> Last Checked: 11/29/02 4:41 PM
> 
> 
> When I opened the 
cookie in notepad, here are the contents 
> of the cookie: 

> reset
> Y
> www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 
30828271
> 1118177184
> 29530121
> *
> verified
> Y
> 
www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 30828271
> 
1118177184
> 29530121
> *
> registrant%5Fid
> 23943
> 
www.worldmag.com/world
> 0
> 262774784
> 30828271
> 
1118677184
> 29530121
> *
> 
> 
> I think that the cookie 
saves the login (username/password) 
> information.
> 
> I 
have read the posts:
> 'Can Cookies be used?' with CM
> 
'Cookie Login Question'
> and others
> 
> I use Internet 
Explorer 5.5, WinHTTrack  3.22-3, Win98.
> 
> 
> It is as if 
someone who is unregistered tries to read some 
> of the 
articles, he is redirected to the registration page. 
> It 
is something like this (but not necessarily exactly the 
> 
same URL):
> 
> 
> In the HTTPTrack copy of the website it 
has this:
> 
<http://www.worldmag.com/world/register/home.asp?pURL>=%
> 
2Fworld%2Fissue%2F12%2D07%2D02%2Fnational%5F4%2Easp
> 
> 
With the Title 'This Page Has Moved.' This title is on the 

> window's title bar.
> 
> The Real web page it should get 
is: 
> <http://www.worldmag.com/world/issue/12-07>-
> 
02/national_4.asp. But I don't think that it is reading the 

> cookie that I placed in BOTH the WinHTTrack Folder and the 

> project folder. I even saved my project first, as per the 

> instructions on a different post. When I did, the cookie 

> that I copy from Windows/Temporary Internet Files was 
> 
merged into the cookies.txt file. But it does not help. I 
> 
don't think that www.worldmag.com recognizes the cookie of 

> WinHTTrack.
> 
> If all this sounds confusing, I suggest 
trying the website 
> copying. It does not take long. (about 
100 Kilobytes or 12 
> articles). F
 
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