[Mailman-Users] Why does iOS's Safari log out the moderator web page?

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Tue Feb 4 02:26:19 CET 2014


On 02/03/2014 05:04 PM, Peter Shute wrote:
> I use the moderator web page with Firefox, and it stays logged in for as long as I keep the browser open. But with Safari on iPhone and iPad, I often have to log in again when I return to it. Same for every other browser I've tried under iOS. Can anyone tell me why?


Because the session cookie which keeps the fact that you've logged in is
being expired, presumably because when you leave the browser and return
to it, iOS starts a new session or otherwise invalidates the session
cookie. Why it does this is an Apple question.

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