Safari forgets cookies

Is anyone else having a problem with Safari suddenly dropping all the cookies? I can't figure out why it is doing it, it seems to happen randomly (to my point of view).

zolala wrote:
Your questions are right. You have to know all circumstances, to get a picture.
But, I have totally opposite problem.
After using my Safari (3.1.1.) on my MacBook, Mac OS X, Version 10.4.11, Processor 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Memory 1 GB 667 MHz), I go to RESER SAFARI, where I checked it ALL: Clear history, Empty the cache, Remove all cookies, etc.
After reseting, I quit Safari. Later on, when I start Safari again (have EMPTY PAGE as Home Page), before I go to ANY site, I check the cookies, AND, there are ALL there, from previous session! I send several time this complaint to "Report Bugs to Apple" -- no answer.
This is disturbing.... Any comments?
It's possible your cookies file has become corrupted or locked. Quit Safari and look in ~/Library/Cookies (where ~ is your home folder) and put the cookies.plist file in the trash. Then relaunch and check to see if the cookies panel is empty. If all is well then try emptying the trash. Older versions of Safari stored cookies in the com.apple.Safari.plist file located in ~/Library/Preferences. You could also try putting that file in the trash.
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