Mudcat was very slow last night, and I was accessing through Loki. Presently, it seems like all servers except Shorty are either down or very slow.

Problems could be at Mudcat, the lines and internet traffic or your computer. Your ability to access Mudcat (as Kat said) doesn't have anything to do with your cookie.

I use MSIE, and sometimes have problems accessing anything. The only thing I've found that works is to shut down MSIE and come back in. I don't log off or re-boot the computer (but those are options too), I just close and restart MSIE. I've got it set to dump all temp files every time I shut down. I've tried this manually (Tools/Internet Options/Delete Files and Clear Cache) but sometimes it doesn't seem to work as well as just closing the program.