I'm sorry - I misunderstood a bit.  The forum you are visiting 
"remembers" those links on their end.  When you sign in, the forum makes 
those display adjustments.  You *might* have an option you can set in 
the forum preferences.

Tony Mayer


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>Thanks.
>I thought this might be the answer, too.  There *are* a number of Yahoo
>cookies in the cookies folder, but I experimented by deleting all cookies
>in the folder, and then went to several groups.  Even with the cookies
>having been deleted, the messages I had recently viewed were still
>displayed in a different color.
>
>I've since discovered that this is just not just a Yahoo issue.  A number of
>other websites I use frequently, no longer have the color information about
>which links I've previously clicked.
>
>Barry
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tony M." <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Visited web sites info?
>
>
>  
>
>>I believe the anser to the question is this:  When you go to forums
>>and etc where it keeps track of your posts read and your user id -
>>these are stored in cookies for that web site.  I am sure there are
>>programs to back up your cookies but I have no personal knowledge of
>>them.  Someone else on this forum should be able to help with that.
>>
>>Tony Mayer
>>    
>>

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