Oi! And panacea.dat which you also have to edit. The actual mail is in the sub-directory, \mail. And \news, of course.

Load of crap, isn't it.

I'll give you a trick for free. This one's very own invention. (The other stuff I know because I recently looked it up, had to go through the whole sheebang, myself. But it worked.)

Try: 1st copy your cookies.txt (if it's already set to include Mudcat.) Go through Tools | Cookies to eliminate any sites or cookies you don't want. Copy it again. (Play safe.) Mark cookies.txt "Read Only." Now sites think they're setting cookies & operate nicely but none are actually set. If you really want a cookie, unmark the file as needed, then remark it.

Screw IE.