Why do we have to modify default IE cookie settings here?

[Andrew]

Hello, friends,

We developed a web site using asp.net 1.1 and Form Authentication. It works
ok.

However, when our users use our website through internet to login, it
requires users to reset their IE cookie settings. For example, for IE 6.0
users, a user will have to

(1) Click on Tools/Internet Options...,

(2) Go to Privacy tab,

(3) Click on Advanced button,

(4) Check "Override automatic cookie handling" so that IE will accept
First-party Cookies and Third-party Cookies.

This procedure is really annoying to users.

And, to my knowledge, a lot of websites use cookies but do not require users
to reset their IE cookie settings.

Anything I did wrong? Any ideas? Is there a way to stop this? Thanks a lot.

(Our web site uses another port, not port 80, for http. Will this cause the
problem?)

 

[Scott M.]

First, you should not be using cookies for required features of your web
site. Cookies should only be used for "nice features" you wish to add to
your site.

Why? So users don't have to do exactly what you are posting about.

Now, there is no reason that 3rd party cookies would need to be enabled for
your site to work unless your site employs 3rd party cookies. So, in order
to answer your question, you need to provide more complete details of
exactly how your site is using cookies.