See bug 233339 for details on the changes to the original preferences. These changes are effective in nightly builds as of March 10th, and should be in 1.7b and later.
| Preference |
Default Value |
Usage |
| network.cookie.cookieBehavior | 3 |
0 = accept all cookies by default 1 = only accept from the originating site 2 = block all cookies by default 3 = use p3p settings (only selectable in the UI if p3p is available) |
| network.cookie.disableCookieForMailNews | true | true = do not accept any cookies from within mailnews or from
mail-style URIs false = allow cookies in these situations |
| network.cookie.lifetimePolicy | 0 | 0 = Accept cookies normally 1 = Prompt for each cookie 2 = Accept for current session only 3 = Accept for N days |
| network.cookie.lifetime.days | 90 |
* only used if
network.cookie.lifetimePolicy is set to 3 Sets the number of days that the lifetime of cookies should be limited to. |
| network.cookie.alwaysAcceptSessionCookies | false |
* only used if network.cookie.lifetimePolicy is set to 1 true = accepts session cookies without prompting false = prompts for session cookies |
| network.cookie.prefsMigrated | false |
* migration pref for users with older profiles. true = prefs have been migrated false = migrate prefs on next startup |
| network.cookie.maxNumber | 1000 |
Configures the maximum amount of cookies to be stored Valid range is from 0-65535, RFC 2109 and 2965 require this to be at least 300 |
| network.cookie.maxPerHost | 50 |
Configures the maximum amount of cookies to be stored per host Valid range is from 0-65535, RFC 2109 and 2965 require this to be at least 20 |