function makecookie($name, $value, $duration = '')
{
 // in order to prevent apache errors, don't allow any cookie to exceed 3000 bytes. kill it if it does.
 global $settings, $thismember, $cookienames, $debug; 
 if ($name == $cookienames['id'] || $name == $cookienames['password']) $duration = $thismember->cookieduration;
 if (!$duration) $duration = time() + $settings->cookieduration;
 if (!$duration) $duration = time() + 86400; // if setting is myteriously blank, make it a day 
 if ($duration == 'session') $duration = 0;  // let expire with session if desired
 if ($debug == 1) echo "<p>Setting cookie with name $name, value $value and duration $duration</p>";
 // fix IE 6 default requirement of privacy policy for cookies
 header("P3P: CP=\"CAO DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa OUR IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM PRE\" policyref=\"". $settings->cookiepolicy ."\""); 
 if ($settings->cookiepath != '' || $settings->cookiedomain != '')
 {
  if (strlen($value) > 3000) setcookie($name, " ", 1, $settings->cookiepath, $settings->cookiedomain);
  else setcookie($name, "$value", $duration, $settings->cookiepath, $settings->cookiedomain);
 }
 else
 {
  if (strlen($value) > 3000) setcookie($name, " ", 1); 
  else setcookie($name, "$value", $duration);
 }
 return true;
}