thecoalman - 6:56 am on Jun 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

Blocking and managing cookies is one thing IE excels at out of the box and has for many years if you set it right.

First remove all cookies from all sites. Click: Tools>Internet Options>General Tab ..... Under the heading "Browser History" click the "delete" button. This will bring up a pane for selecting what you want to delete, click the "delete cookies" button. Click close

Click the "Privacy" tab, then click the advanced button. Put a check next to "override automatic cookie handling", select the option "block" under both "first party cookies" and "third party cookies". Putting a check next to "always allow session cookies" is optional. Click OK. Allowing session cookies will work until you close Internet Explorer which will delete them.

Now the good part... To allow trusted sites when you load a page from a site with the above settings if it tries to set a cookie and its blocked there will be little indicator down in lower right next to the small globe and the word internet. Mouseover it and you'll get a title "Privacy Report" . Double click this icon which will bring up a list of cookies that have been blocked. Right click the domain you want to allow and select "always accept cookies from this site". Done deal.

I don't use IE anymore but this is one feature I miss because its so easy to use. I've been meaning to look at some FF extensions that look similar.