Firefox won't acknowledge cookies

I keep running into the problem of google crashes, then when I try to get back into my gmail I am told that I am not set to accept 3rd-party cookies.
Naturally I hunted this down (don't make it easy, do you? Most have it right up front, not buried in irrelavencies) - they are set to accept all 3rd party cookies until they expire - thus the quoted problem does not exist.
firefox 3.6.15
windows xp

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
* "Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
* "Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
You can also check if DOM storage is enabled.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.storage.enabled

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