On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:29:18 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Really? Well, cookies are not that big a deal. Most of the interesting
sites I visit offer up a cookie. I do a spyware sweep once a week to
take care of any of that stuff that would be troublesome.

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There are different types of cookies. My guess is that Gmail is
trying to set the type that can be read in by another web site (third
party cookie). Since that would enable a type of user web tracking
for participating sites, most spyware tools will try to block it. If
it turns out that this is the case, the advantage to Gmail is that
they could offer targeted advertising based on your interests as
reflected in your web browsing habits. Browse to West Marine for
example, and receive boating advertisements on your Gmail page. More
"Big Brother" stuff unfortunately.

I have the same issue with the Washington Post web site but not the
WSJ or NY Times.