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 Scott 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.   
      
      
   Mark Lewis, moderator   
   Richard Webb, moderator emeritus   
      
      
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