leenia..a cookie is just a tiny piece of 'code' that is offered by a site such as Mudcat and stored by your browser. If your browser (controlled by you) allows it to remain there, the next time you go there, the site 'looks' for the cookie and if it is there, 'recognizes' you and gives you all the rights of members.

Does your browser ask you anything about cookies when you browse? Did it ever? If no, then it is assuming something...as if you have given it a basic instruction..all 'yes' or all 'no'.

As noted above, you can find out by looking in the menus and seeing how the settings are. It SHOULD be possible to tell the browser to accept Mudcat's cookie, no matter what it does with others.