[ic] AOL losing session data.

[Dan]

On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 18:19, Dan Browning wrote:
> At 05:48 PM 8/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Quoting Dan <ic@concolor.org>:
> >
> > > Does anyone have an idea of how to keep AOL users from losing session
> > > data? I have had quite a few AOL users come in through affiliates and
> > > the affiliate has not recieved credit for their order. This is an
> > > intermitant problem with some AOL users not having a problem while
> > > others do.
> > >
> > > I am using IC 4.8.5
> > >
> > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Dan Sabath
> > > concolor web services
> >
> >Hi Dan,
> >
> >I think the problem lies in the fact that AOL caches the pages of a site, and
> >that is why the users may not be getting proper credit.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> 
> I would also add that it is a solvable problem, as AOL wont cache unique 
> URLs (mv_pc=..., etc.).

I wish it were this easy. They are coming in via a URL which includes
the mv_pc= variable. 
http://www.purebio.com/cbin/purebio?mv_pc=0101cws

It might be an issue with post variables in the URL. 
I've checked it with AOL v.7 but haven't been able to get a hold of any
end users who know which version they are using. If anyone has AOL and
wants to try it, you can tell if it works if you are not charged
shipping on the checkout page. If you are charged shipping then it is
failing and I would love to know which version of AOL you are using.

Many Thanks,

-dan