Article ID: 298628 - Last Review: January 31, 2007 - Revision: 3.3 Per Site Privacy Actions Do Not Work as ExpectedThis article was previously published under Q298628 SYMPTOMS
When you override cookie handling for an individual Web site, and then you visit that site on the Web, the following behavior may occur:
CAUSE
This behavior can occur when the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) -- or Web address -- of the site is incorrectly typed in the Address of Web site box in the Per Site Privacy Actions dialog box. When you over-ride cookie handling for individual Web sites, Internet Explorer does not warn you if an incorrect or invalid URL is added to the Managed Web sites list, provided that it contains at least one period (.).
For example, if you type 1.2 or www.microsoft.comm in the Address of Web site box, and then click either Block or Allow, the invalid address is added to the Managed Web sites list. RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, remove the invalid address from the list, and then type the correct address for the Web site that you want to manage. You must type the exact address of the Web site. For example, type www.microsoft.com. To do this, follow these steps:
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATIONFor additional information about privacy settings in Internet Explorer 6, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
283185
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283185/EN-US/
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How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6
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