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   The COOKING Echo Rules   
   Updated 24 September 2025   
      
   Moderator   : Sean Dennis (1:18/200)   
   Co-Moderator: Mike Powell (1:2320/105)   
      
   This is the International Cooking Echo.  It is a non-region specific   
   conference dedicated to all persons interested in cooking and/or food   
   related topics.  The Interational Cooking Echo may not be gated without   
   the moderator's written permission.   
      
   1.  Topics may be broad but the common theme shall remain cooking. This   
        may include recipes, appliances, utensils, cookbooks, food history,   
        et cetera.  The discussion of the benefits of herbs for medicinal   
        purposes is off-topic as are the benefits or recipes of any illegal   
        or controlled substances.  Discussion of brewing and distilling   
        alcohol is not allowed.  Discussion of consumption of alcohol for   
        which the primary purpose is other than intoxication is specifically   
        permitted.   
      
   2.  Avoid excessive quoting.  Try to quote just enough of the message so   
        the person you are responding to understands the reply.  Try to   
        change the subject line when it no longer applies to the message.   
      
   3.  The number of recipes per message should be limited to one or two   
        short recipes such that the message body is of a reasonable size.   
        The inclusion of recipes, whether or not related to the topic of   
        the message body, is not mandatory but encouraged.  Please make an   
        effort to properly attribute quotations or other creative content   
        to their original or at least an intermediate source.   
      
   4.  DON'T get personal!  Personal attacks (flames) and profanity are   
        unwelcome in this conference and will not be tolerated.   
      
   5.  Political and religious discussion will be tolerated only if there   
        is a direct and narrow connection between those subjects and the   
        food-related subject.  The moderators reserve the right to end   
        any discussion if it becomes overly political or religious.  The   
        moderators would rather not have to do that so please use your   
        best judgement in this matter.   
      
   6.  Excepting rule #5 above, no politics, religion, theology, doctrine,   
        or biblical references are to be discussed or debated.  Religious   
        taglines are allowed if they reference food or cooking.  No racial,   
        ethnic, religious, or political slurs will be tolerated.  Headers   
        and taglines, save for the exception above and in rule #5, are   
        subject to the same rules as the message body.   
      
   7.  The official language of the echo is English.  Please do not post   
        messages, recipes, or anything else in any other language without   
        a proper translation into English as part of the same message.  You   
        may post a message in your native language as long as an English   
        translation accompanies the native post in the same message.   
      
   8.  ONLY the moderators will address off-topic traffic or any other   
        violation of decorum or these rules.   
      
   9.  Handles and/or aliases allowed if they are a normal part of your   
        BBSing.  However, you must post your real first and last name at   
        the end of the body of your message if it does not appear in   
        the header.  Maintain only one presence on this echo meaning if   
        you post with multiple names from multiple BBS accounts, make   
        sure to sign your posts as noted above.   
      
   10.  As stated in rule 7, the only language of the echo is English.   
        However, there are many foreign words which are common in cooking   
        terminology.  For this reason, occasional and limited use of the   
        extended character set (i.e. high ASCII) is allowed in messages and   
        recipes ONLY in appropriate context, e.g. foreign words.  Degree   
        symbols and currency signs are frowned upon because of the lack   
        of a standard translation by readers used by many members.  High   
        ASCII fractions are not allowed because some BBS software   
        transforms them into whole numbers.  It is recommended you post   
        using CP850 if you must use high ASCII.   
      
        The use of the extended character set (ASCII codes 127 and above),   
        the control characters (ASCII codes 31 and below), ANSI escape   
        code sequences, and proprietary color code sequences used in various   
        BBS software for artistic purposes is NOT allowed in messages or   
        signature blocks.   
      
   11. The Cooking Echo is a plain text echo.  HTML coded text, other   
        "rich text" codes, inserted pictures, and UTF-8 encoded text   
        are not allowed.  Please post using CP437 or CP850.   
      
   12. NO advertisements of any kind (including BBS ads) allowed, with the   
        exception of ONE advertisement of new cooking-related software is   
        allowed. You may NEVER advertise ANYTHING to sell in the echo.   
      
   13. The total number of messages per day posted by any single member   
        should be limited to 20.   
      
   14. This echo does not recognize any local or regional echomail policies   
        such as EP1.  This echo originates in Zone 1 and follows Zone 1   
        policies concerning the "echolist".   
      
   15. Any change in moderators will be done by the current moderators.   
      
   16. All official moderation messages will contain wording that   
        distinguishes them from ordinary traffic and will be from   
        "Moderator".   
      
   17. The moderators may, at their sole discretion, appoint temporary   
        assistant Moderators whose action within the echo only shall   
        carry the full weight of official moderation.   
      
   18. Any traffic concerning Fidonet matters, such as alleged "echo   
       hijackings", complaints about other echoes and their moderators,   
       or any traffic construed as such by the moderators is OFF-TOPIC.   
       Please take such discussion to netmail or another appropriate echo.   
      
   19. These rules are subject to change at any time.  The moderators   
        will give timely notice of such changes if possible; their   
        word is the final authority and is not subject to question.   
      
   20. These rules will be posted on the 1st and 15th of each month and   
        when needed.   
      
   21. No discussion of moderation is to be done in the Echo.  Any   
        discussion of moderation should be directed to the   
        moderators via netmail (preferred) or email.   
      
   Thank you for participating in the echo!   
      
   -- Sean Dennis and Mike Powell   
      COOKING Moderator and Co-Moderator   
      
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