This echo once again has a moderator/caretaker who actually
participates in Fidonet.
For those of you who might have tuned in by just linking to
everything available at your uplink, here's some basic echo
guidelines for you.

THe purpose of this conference is support for the squish mail conference
processor written by Scut Dudley. 
Squish is a companion to Maximus BBS and is a full featured mail processing
package. 

MEssages posted in this conference should pertain to squish and squish related
software.  some ancillary packages such as
sqafix may have their own echoes.  THose echomail conferences may be inactive
however, so discussion of any software
which can work with squish format message bases is permitted and encouraged.
 
Usual rules of echomail etiquette apply at all times in this echomail
conference. NO  test  posts,  etc.  When  a  thread drifts  off  topic  for 
the  echo move it to an appropriate conference or to private mail.

NO widget wars  will  be  tolerated.  THis  means  operating systems, mail
processor packages and bbs software. THis does not mean that a discussion 
which  addresses  strengths  and weaknesses  of  various  pieces of software
is automatically deemed off topic however. Those with common sense  shouldn't
have to be told when the line is crossed.

Should  there be a violation of these rules it will normally be addressed in
netmail by the moderator(s) of this echomail conference. At most you will see
a post to the thread from a moderator requesting that the thread be  brought 
back  into compliance  with  these  posted  rules  and guidelines. This
message  will  be  addressed  globally  to  all.  Any  other communication  
regarding  rules  violations  or  moderation issues will be handled by netmail
only. Since this  echomail conference is only relevant to system operators and
those of point systems it is felt that netmail should  be  sufficient for 
dealing  with  other moderation  issues.  Posters who violate conference rules
and guidelines more than  once  within  the same  thread may be subject to
possible bannishment from the conference.
I'd prefer not to have to go that route however.  Difficult
to enforce if somebody's intent on circumventing it, and
most reasonable folks shouldn't need it.

Gating this echomail conference outside Fidonet is not permitted.



Regards,
           Richard
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