setMaxAge(0) doesnt delete cookie?

Hi All,
I am trying to delete a cookie via a servlet when user clicks "logout" button but it doesn't work.
I have a cookie with following settings,
Cookie c = new Cookie("mycookie","maulin");
c.setPath("/");
c.setDomain(".myco.com");
when I set the cookie upon login.
On Logout button click submission I am reading all cookies where I see "mycookie" as well and then have the following code,

The above code doesn't remove the cookie from the browser BUT if I write,
temp.setMaxAge(0);
temp.setDomain(".myco.com");
temp.setPath("/");
then it works. Why? When I do temp = c[i] where c[i] has Domain and Path set then why I have to repeat the settings before I add the new cookie 'temp' to the response with max age 0?
Regards
Maulin

anybody has any idea?
OR my question is not clear?
Regards
Maulin

Your workaround provides the answer that works for me! That is, when I create a cookie using:

c.setMaxAge(60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 4);
c.setDomain(".myDomain.com");
c.setPath("/myPath");
response.addCookie(c);

... it seems that the cookie is uniquely identified not just by it's name, but by it's other attributes as well (domain and path).

In order for the browser to be sure which cookie is referenced, it's necessary to duplicate the settings from the original reference:

c.setMaxAge(0);
c.setDomain(".globexplorer.com");
c.setPath("/ImageAtlas");
response.addCookie(c);

When this is done, the cookie disappears as advertised. It's curious that this behavior is not documented anywhere on the internet or in any of my numerous books. Your posting on JavaRanch was the only reference I found, and it solved my problem. Thanks!

ok, the domain and path in the second reference should match the first:

c.setMaxAge(0);
c.setDomain(".myDomain.com");
c.setPath("/myPath");
response.addCookie(c);

sorry for the sloppy cut and paste job!
jh

Thanks.
You need to set all the attributes you set when you created the cookie, to delete it.