It's possible he invoked some kind of default 'on vacation' message via the webmaster management console but chose the wrong message.

EDIT: Also is possible his host shut down his forum because a new version has been released which fixed a potential security leak and maybe he has not updated, so, they shut down his forum.

In fact, I think this is what has happened. His host shut down his forum because of what I wrote above or because some kind of security breach occurred and nobody could respond to their inquiries since he is gone.

[This message has been edited by SemiLiveMusic (edited 07-05-2005).]