The following is the original rules posting by Richard Webb in Dec
of 2012. Before that time this echo was devoid of traffic and in
danger of being removed from backbone distribution. Richard updated
the echolist entry for this area at that time. He then handed this
echo over to me on 18 Feb 2013. The echolist entry was updated at
that time to show the change of moderator. A short set of echo rules
has been posted every month since Richard became moderator of this
area. Rules are posted automatically on the 1st and 15th of each
month. All discussions about moderator activities should be taken to
netmail. Thank you.
Area : TUB - Squish EchoMail Tosser, Help & Support
Date : Mon Dec 17 2012, 10:02 lok
From : Richard Webb 1:116/901
To : all
Subj : conference information
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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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- Origin: (1:116/901)
Richard Webb, moderator emeritus
Mark Lewis, moderator
