"Bad request" errors in Firefox with second user account

Yesterday, I set up a second user account for my husband to use. Everything seems to work fine with one annoying exception. When Firefox 3 is used as the browser under the new user account, I get frequent "Bad Request" errors with various web mail programs (MobileMe, GMail, Earthlink's web mail).
This does not happen when the same Firefox 3 is used under my original user account. It also does not happen when performing the same functions with Safari under the new user account. It also doesn't seem to matter whether Fast User Switching is enabled or disabled.
I have tried clearing caches, deleting cookies, deleting preferences etc. in the second user's Firefox, all to no avail. Anyone have any other ideas?
I guess one thing I'm a little unclear about... is the second user actually using the same Firefox app as the first user? If so, would there be a way to install a 2nd Firefox app that would only be for the second user? I'm just thinking maybe there is some kind of conflict going on?
Any thoughts or help out there much appreciated!

I think I figured it out. I found an article online that said if you have Parental Controls enabled on an account (which I did on the second user account), it will not allow Firefox to write cookies, thus causing the "bad request" errors.
This is not exactly true, as Firefox under the new user DID seem to be writing cookies just fine. However, when I disabled Parental Controls on the account, suddenly the errors went away. So, it doesn't have to do with cookies, but there is something about having Parental Controls turned on that can cause these errors.

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