TUB - The Squish Support Echo 
Moderator - Gary Gilmore, 1:2410/400 (garyg{at}ack.mi.org)
Last updated: 6/24/96

NOTE:  While I am on tour with Ted Nugent, your temporary moderator for
       the echo is Kevin Bentz, of 1:2410/213.

 1 - This echo is for SQUISH support.  This means that messages posted
     here should pertain to Squish and related utilities.  Discussions that
     start to lean more toward Maximus, MEX/MECCA scripts or 3rd party
     software should be continued in their respective echos:

   - Maximus, the MUFFIN echo.
   - MEX/MECCA scripts,  the MECCA echo.
   - Development of/Support of 3rd party Max/Squish utils, the MAXDEV echo.

     English is the official echo language in this echo.

 2 - When someone posts a message requesting help, please try to be as
     helpful and accurate as possible.  Blatant "RTFM" messages will not
     be tolerated.

 3 - This echo is restricted to sysops (or soon to be sysops) ONLY.
     It may NOT be made generally available to your users.

 4 - Aliases are not allowed.  Please post using your real name.
     If you aren't sure, check your birth certificate.

 5 - Avoid creating unneeded traffic.  Here's a list of basic "No-no's":

  No: BBS ads, 'test' messages, "where are you from" chains, multiple
      tearlines, replies to off-topic messages, encrypted messages, PGP
      signatures, multiline signatures, playing moderator (unless you -are-
      the moderator), additional headers in the message or "cutesy sayings"
      info in the top of (or anywhere in) messages, multi-line taglines,
      hi-ascii or ascii "artwork" (we really -don't- care to see it), or
      huge amounts of over-quoting.

      ("high-bit" ASCII characters are permitted in this echo provided
      they are used ONLY in context with MEX/MECCA files, or to demonstrate
      something directly related to them.  Any other use is not allowed.)

      If a program (reader, tagline mgr, etc) is adding a lot of extra junk
      to messages, DON'T use it here.  These things are NOT needed in an
      international echo, and don't do anything to further the use or
      understanding of Squish.  Internet-style signatures (i.e. stupidly big
      & with dorky "graphics") are -greatly- unwelcome.  Some people go
      through a lot to carry these echos, so please repect that.

 6 - Even though it may seem polite to do so, please refrain from
     posting messages that say nothing more than 'Thank you'.

 7 - Please, LIMIT your quoting of other messages.  (If you're quoting
     more than a couple lines, you're probably quoting too much.)  Don't
     quote tag/tear/origin lines.  There's no need.

 8 - NO OS BASHING!  Discussions about the "superiority" of various
     Operating Systems are not allowed.  This also means, leave your
     cutesy "OS put-down" tag/origin lines out of this echo!  (Grow up,
     ok?)
     
 9 - Rules of Common Courtesy apply at all times.  While we have no
     objections to a little bit of debate (as long as it's relevant), it
     should be kept at a polite level and not escalate into a flame war.

10 - No automatic file announcements are allowed, unless done via the
     moderators.  You may, however, help others find programs.  When
     doing so, don't just say "I have it"... include filenames to freq,
     and what (if any) restrictions you have on file requests.  (We're
     not mindreaders here...)  In the case of files via ftp, *try* to
     include the site & directory location of the file as well.

     Ads for any *directly* Squish-related utilities may be posted (within
     reason, and not "War & Peace" sized) and discussed here,
since they
     pertain to Squish.

11 - Don't gate anything into this echo, or this echo out to anywhere
     else without prior permission of the moderator.

If you have written a Maximus/Squish/MEX/MECCA program that you'd like
hatched into the MaxFDN file echos, you may send it to 1:2410/400.  Please
include a -short- description to be used in the TIC file.  Also see the
Maximus home page on the World Wide Web, located at
"http://oeonline.com/~garyg".  Do not post encoded files into the echo.

Latest released versions:

SQSHP111.LZH   Squish 1.11 release - OS/2 version
SQSH_111.LZH   Squish 1.11 release - DOS version

These are available for file request at 1:2410/400 and at other fidonet
sites, as well as at "http://oeonline.com/~garyg".

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