>>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:29:23 -0800
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>From: Mark Laubach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: just do it yourself doubleclick opt_out
>>
>>[Verified direction. Use this one from inconvenient.net.]
>>
>>I just surfed www.doubleclick.net and descended down to the opt out
>>option and it seemed to work ok. Maybe they changed the link so
>>people would have to go diving at their site?
>>
>>Anyway, you can opt out of doubleclick with your text editor. Follow
>>these directions to edit your cookie file.
>>
>>I did the opt out from doubleclick earlier this week. Here's the replaced
>>line in my Netscape 4.7 cookie file from my Powerbook:
>>
>>.doubleclick.net TRUE / FALSE 1920499172 id OPT_OUT
>>
>>Notes:
>>
>>1) The cookie file on a MAC or PC is just a text file. You can manually
>>edit the file and replace the doubleclick references with above line. One
>>you open the file, search for doubleclick and paste the above line over the
>>exisiting line if it doesn't say "OPT_OUT". Quite netscape first before
>>editing the cookie file. When you locate your cookie file by one of the
>>methods below, make a copy of it first in case there's an "oops" later one.
>>You don't want to loose all your cookie marbles.
>>
>>a) For Netscape under Win(loose)9x, the cookie file is called
>>"cookies.txt". Use Window Explorer's find to locate the file and then just
>>doubleclick on it to open the text editor.
>>
>>b) For netscape on the MAC, the file is called "MagicCookie" and it should
>>be found in your user profile folder that Netscape created. You can use
>>Sherlock to find the file. If you have several file of the same name, find
>>the one with the most recent modify date. Editing is a bit more difficult
>>because SimpleText can't see the file. Don't use MSWORD it reformats the
>>text lines! Other editors should have a "all files" button on their open
>>window which you'll need to click to see the cookie file's name. For
>>example, I use the Alpha text editor, it is able too see the file.
>>Important: you must answer "no" to the pop-up "Convert from paragraph
>>format?" question when using Alpha. BBEDIT can see the file when you
>>select "any file" option in the file open box.
>>
>>c) For netscape on versions of UNIX, find the cookie file under your
>>home directory and just edit it. Again, when netscape isn't running.
>>
>>2) The white space between the tokens should be a single TAB, not SPACEs.
>>If you cut and paste the above line, make sure the TABs were not turned
>>into SPACEs. MACs and PCs follow the same format of using TAB delimiters.
>>
>>3) MAC files designate "type" and "creator" and you may have to reset the
>>both using resedit or a utility such as snitch. Type sould be "COOK" and
>>creator "MOSS". I have tried running netscape with different type and
>>creator and netscape doesn't appear to mind. If it does mind, you have to
>>reset both. Both Alpha and BBEDIT preserved COOK/MOSS on save. Your
>>mileage may vary with other editors. On the PC, it doesn't matter as it's
>>the ".txt" extension that makes the difference.
>>
>>4) I have no idea how IE keeps cookies. Might be the same mechanism,
>>however likely a different format.
>>
>>5) If doubleclick doesn't follow their own opt out plans in the future,
>>the above cookie could always be replaced by them at any time.
>>
>>Mark
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