mmb I regularly post from four different systems and never have a problem with logging-on. 3 systems are networked (and firewalled) and probably on broadband at the server but 2 are definitely on 56K modems on the PC I use. Some on NT, some Win 95. The only thing I try to remember is to log-out after every session (but not always) to prevent an imposter posing as me. On one system the cookie remained despite my surfing from home during its residency on the machine at work - when I had some. The only problem I have had is going via "shorty.mudcat.org" - come to think of it, it was with this cookie that was generated via mudcat.org