13:59 on Jan 22 1998, Craig Ford wrote to Lawrence Lucier:
G'day Craig,
 LL>> EchoArea comp.os.os2.multimedia d:\male\soup\os_os2_multi -$d3 
 CF> Reduce the newsgroup names to no more than 8 characters.
No need, Squish is perfectly happy with long file names:
EchoArea SOC.GENEALOGY.AUSTRALIA+NZ E:\MSG\NEWS\SOC.GENEALOGY.AUSTRALIA+NZ  

This is one of mine, and works fine.
                                     Regards,
                                             Ross
...As I said before, I never repeat myself.
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