Although Squish was designed to be used with Maximus 2.0 or above, Squish is compatible with other software which supports either the Squish or the *.MSG message base standards. Squish is not merely a "giveaway" utility; rather, Squish is a full-featured conference manager, making it highly competitive with most stand-alone packages on the market today.

Features

• One-pass tossing and scanning, with full support for "passthru" areas. Outbound messages can be built directly from the inbound *.PKT files, without needing to stop over in the message areas.
• A 32-bit "industrial-strength" version of Squish is available (under both DOS and OS/2) for systems which carry many areas and which have large numbers of downlinks.
• Support for "feature DLLs" under OS/2. Third-party developers can write dynamic link libraries which perform actions while Squish is tossing or packing mail.
• Support for MSGID-based message linking and dupe checking.
• Internal support for both BinkleyTerm and FrontDoor-style routing.
• Squish supports both the standard *.MSG format and the proprietary, flat-file *.SQ? format on an area-by-area basis.
• Superior multi-zone operation. Primary addresses can be selected on an area-by-area basis, as can SEEN-BYs and numerous other features. It's now easily possible (and practical!) to use a single configuration file for multiple, unrelated FidoNet-technology networks.
• True support for BinkleyTerm and InterMail "busy flags". Instead of remaining blocked while the mailer is transmitting to another node (and therefore holding up processing), packets are simply queued for later use. All processing is performed in a separate working directory, and packets are only transferred to the mailer's outbound area as necessary. Since Squish stays out of the way of other mail-handling tasks, Squish offers a significant performance advantage over other mail processors.
• Areas can be defined in AREAS.BBS for compatibility with other programs, but areas can also be defined in the main Squish configuration file.
• Support for all archiving and dearchiving programs, past and future, through the use of a flexible archiver control file.
• Verbose binary statistical information (optional). Squish provides enough information for external utilities to provide a 100% accurate billing report for NECs or hubs, based on mail volume.
• Point support, running as either a bossnode or a point, for both 4D and "fakenet" points.
• Support for the "2+" 4D packet header proposal, including zone and point numbers.
• "Point directory" support for BinkleyTerm 2.50 and above. Squish is the first publicly-available program to support the Binkley point directories both conveniently and efficiently.
• Squish also features a built-in node remapper and message linker for BinkleyTerm-style systems. The remapper is not limited to points; it also supports wildcards and soundex name matching. The message linker supports both *.MSG and *.SQ? areas, so no external reply linker is required.
• Squish can optionally swap to XMS, EMS or disk when running external programs. Squish can therefore be used in many tight-memory situations, since Squish will only occupy 3K of memory when swapped out. (DOS only.)
• Squish runs under OS/2 in protected mode, in addition to running under DOS in real mode. The OS/2 version of Squish includes a special serialization feature to allow Squish to be run conveniently in a multi-line environment.

System Requirements

• An IBM PC, XT, AT or PS/2, or a 100% compatible. To run the 32-bit version of Squish, an 80386SX, 80386DX, 80486SX, 80486DX, Pentium, Pentium Pro, or compatible processor is required.
• A hard drive, with at least two megabytes of free space for the installation, plus space to hold the inbound packet files, local message areas, and generated packets.
• Software supporting either the *.MSG or *.SQ? message formats.
• A front-end which is compatible with either BinkleyTerm or FrontDoor.

How to get SquishMail

Noncommercial users can download Squish for free. Commercial users should visit the Lanius Corp. home page for further information.