Periodic Forum Login Problem

[Doug R.]

I'm assuming that this is somehow related to cookie expiration. I have my forum settings set to automatically log me in when I click into the forum. However, once in a while, the whole thing flames out, forces me to manually log in, and when I get here, it has everything marked as read, which is a real pain in the ass. Does anyone else have this problem, and if it is a cookie expiration problem, can the cookie expiration period be significantly increased?

I guess I should clarify that "flames out" means that the login hangs indefinitely until I stop it and re-login. Today was the first time it skipped the hanging part before it forced me to manually login.

[Money]

I have that problem every week or two. I found it was especially bad when I first joined, but now that ive played for a while now I find it only happens one in a blue moon.

[Tiamo]

I experienced this problem on several other (PhpBB-) forums, but not on this forum (yet).

I suspect the hanging is more of a line problem (receiving bad data) than a cookie problem. When a cookie has expired you will receive the page correctly, but will not be logged in automatically.
Of course both situations can easily be resolved by simply logging in again.

[Dapre]

Yep, I've been having the same problem but I usually remember who had the last post made on the forums I check (General and all of the suggestions) So I never had too much problems with it.. And I use Opera so logging in isn't that much of a problem neither.