What's all this about? Guest(Paddy(1) and McGrath of Harlow have posted sensible replies above. Is Ed Pellow going to throw his computer out of the window because he gets SPAM in his email? Of course he isn't.! Would he like to 'moderate' the Mudcat threads? (Probably!) He is just being childish, wants to be noticed, wants people to say "we're so sorry to see you go" and too many have fallen into the trap of saying that. I constantly recommend the Mudcat to people seeking answers to folkie questions. It would only cease to be useful if all the music-oriented threads suddenly dried up, and that's not likely to happen. Therefore, I deem that Ed Pellow's own thread "I'm Leaving Mudcat" is a meaningless thread in its own right, except that it has allowed me and others to make a few points of marginal value.