well, I had been having some weird things going on...my cookie has been disappearing! Some days I'd come in and it would be there, some days I'd be only a guest...or have to stop and re-set it. I thought I was having conflicts with my security software or something. Then today I opened & closed Netscape several times, and in the process reset my 'new messages since the last time I was here' page. And I noticed something....when I come in *DIRECTLY* to the threads..(which I have set to (2) days), my cookie is fine, but when I come in by the 'front door', that is, www.mudcat.org, and THEN click on one of the links to the threads, my cookies is NOT there...or, more accurately, it not read, because if I go right back out and come in again, it is ok again...meaning my cookies IS on my computer, but was not read. .........I have no idea why this happens, but it might explain some problems others are having..

(I use the indirect way of entering, because it has (1) days threads as the default, and if I have been in recently, I don't need to take the extra time for loading...but if I have not been in for a day, I like to see (2) days worth, and I have saved a bookmark like this:
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm?Title=&Age=2
to make it easier and NOT have to do (3)days worth)

If Max, or anyone else has info on this phenomenon, or better ideas on how to work it, please enlighten me..