"Urchin Tracking Module (UTM) [from Google]"
http://www.google.com/support/urchin45/ ... topic=7425

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What is that odd “__utmz” cookie?

When surfing this site, we collect information from you for statistics. The information collected including IP address (and location), which pages you visit, which you came from, search term that might have lead you here, if your a new or returning visitor, operative system, web browser… »

This kind of information is useful for us, for future development and statistics for this site.

On your first visit to this site we will place a cookie in your browser to help provide this information. The cookie is called __utmz, is registered to bonaveo.net and is issued by Google Analytics.
http://bonaveo.net/2005/12/18/what-is-t ... mz-cookie/

(no that was not a Guest, it was me!)

Some edited cookie information:

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.mozillazine.org 11542xxxxx __utmz 4421167.11384xxxxx.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
.forums.mozillazine.org mzforum_data autologinid userid
www.mozillazine.org 12388xxxxx mzArticleTime 200602011xxxxx
mozillazine.org mzArticleTime 200601241xxxxx

Hendikins wrote:logins are cookie based, not IP based
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 58#2074158

That may be so.

But then that brings up the question, what is stored in the cookies & how is it used?
Is your IP stored there?

I can be logged in, as I am now.
Then log into my router.
Disconnect (through my router), then reconnect a moment (minute or so) later - at which time I'll have a new IP.

At that point, I am no longer logged into mozillaZine.

Did something "physically" happen to my cookie - damaged?
I would think not.

Loosing Log In Status (Login Logout Logged).

I log in manually when I come here.
Once logged in, I remain so till I close Mozilla.

Or at least that is the way it used to be.
That has now changed.
I'll have logged in, posted some replies or whatever.

Then at some point, it could have been after being away from the computer for a period of time (?), I'll realise that I am no longer logged in.

This change seems to have coincided with a change in my router.

Could it be, if my computer is idle for a period of time, says 30 minutes, that after that lul, when I come back to my computer, that my router is pulling a new IP address. And MozillaZine is seeing that change & by default logs me out?


EDIT: Still open to suggestions on this.

That "lul" I spoke of, does not seem to necessarily be the case.