Hi Spidermann

Sadly, I don't think the remedy lies in any one person's hands. This does not appear to be a problem with Macs. It is a general traffic management problem in a network of interconnected machines in dynamic flux. All we need to do is to reduce the number of users accessing Gnutella, have everyone use the most recent software and then get everyone to act act with a sense of communal responsibility. As it is, the problem is apparently aggravated by the way Morpheus interrogates the network (I trust that postings in other forums on this topic are accurate) and by the habit of multiple searching. It may be that you will achieve a short-term advantage in going back to an earlier version but this relief can only be temporary. As each new upgrade comes along, more of the older versions will be cut out of the loop. So I think there are two morals to this story:

ain't no such thing as a free lunch (at some point, there has to be payment for results through the input of effort by each user); and

adapt or die — if you don't want to play with Gnutella anymore, give it up.