This year will see the 10th anniversary of Mudcat.

As far as I can ascertain, the first posts, or at any rate the first posts which are retrievable, were made on 1st October 1996.

The "threadid" numbers have become somewhat jumbled, but I would assume that Max's post at 12.00 on

This thread constitutes the inaugural posting on Mudcat.

If anybody knows different, please share ...