Subj : JAM versus Squish?
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Nov 13 2015 06:41 pm

  Re: JAM versus Squish?
  By: Kurt Weiske to All on Fri Nov 13 2015 04:35 pm

 > All,
 >
 > I'm running Synchronet now with its proprietary message base. I'm playing
 > with Mystic and debating whether JAM or SQUISH (and their respective
 > tossers) are a better choice. Does anyone have experience with both you'd
 > like to share?

The Synchronet Message Base (SMB) is no more proprietary than JAM or Squish.

 > I used Squish for years with Maximus, and miss the variety of third party
 > apps for stats, logging, netmail routing, etc. I know both have third-party
 > apps, any experience with those would be helpful, too.

JAM and Squish are older formats than SMB, so they benefitted more from the BBS
"boom times" where there were more developers involved creating more cool
stuff. Of course, being older, they (JAM and Squish message base formats) have
problems that SMB specifically avoided. So it's to get the increased options
awarded to you by using an older file format while also avoiding the
shortcomings of those file formats. C'est la vie and I wish you luck.

                                            digital man

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