This document describes the HKQUEER mailing list and covers how to use it, its purpose, and some basic etiquette. I have modeled this document on the much more detailed information provided by the APANET mailing list. Please read and save it so you'll be able to unsubscribe or change your address with very little trouble. HKQUEER served by macjordomo@sqzm14.ust.hk is a closed (for subscribers only), unmoderated (all messages are posted) list that is for discussion of issues of concern to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, or any similarly self-labeled individuals in or interested in Hong Kong. Emphasis should be placed on issues directly related to Hong Kong and Asia, in an effort to avoid having this list merely duplicate the information found elsewhere. The list was set up as a venue for the free exchange of ideas regardless of subscribers' sex, gender, orientation, race, ethnicity, age, weight, height, physical or mental impairment, religion, political affiliation, aesthetic persuasion or erotic predilection. It is intended as a forum for the discussion of social, political, moral, ethical, spiritual, sexual, medical and all other issues that the subscribers may care to raise. While HKQUEER is for open discussions, some people may want to participate without revealing their identities. Currently, you may post anonymously by mailing to the listmom, , requesting anonymous forwarding to the list. Confidentiality assured. Note that the HKQUEER subscriber list is also confidential, and is only accessible by the list administrator. The list is administered by Edward Spodick . - - - - - TO SUBSCRIBE, send a message to In the body of the message, just have one line reading: subscribe hkqueer for example, subscribe hkqueer Edward Spodick Note: that is macjordomo, NOT majordomo. TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send: unsubscribe hkqueer Subscribers can send messages to the list by emailing to: You can get a list of the commands and the options that this listserver accepts by sending a message with "HELP" in the body of a message to . - - - - - Special note to AOL users: please subscribe using a screen name you plan to keep. If you change your screen name, hkqueer mail to you will start bouncing, and I'll have to drop you from the list. Some list members using msdos mail and similar systems are unable to see the From: address of postings to the list. For their convenience, consider signing your submissions with your email address so they will have the ability to reply personally. If you can't figure out who a message is from, please ask the list administrator rather than sending personal mail to the entire list. - - - - - Privacy: HKQUEER is a closed list (only members can send mail to the list), and the subscription list is only available to the list administrators. While this provides some security, list members should be aware that: 1) Posting to the list means all list members can see your address. 2) While I will try to delete obvious frivolous subscription attempts, (e.g. someone who sends a blanket subscription command to all the lists on this server) I cannot guarantee that every subscriber to the list is gay or gay friendly. - - - Additional tips - - - Remember, if you go out of town, you will continue to get all the list mail, unless you send a command to the list telling it to make your subscription inactive (or unless you unsubscribe). To set your subscription to inactive (and back to active once you return), follow these instructions: - - - INACTIVE / ACTIVE instructions - - - Send the following command in the *BODY* of a message to macjordomo@sqzm14.ust.hk SET List_Name OPTION Set your subscription parameters to OPTION e.g. SET hkqueer INACTIVE Suspends your subscription THE NEXT ACTIVE command. SET hkqueer ACTIVE Makes your subscription active - - - 'GET' INSTRUCTIONS - - - If you would like to read what has been posted previously, you can ask macjordomo@sqzm14.ust.hk INDEX HKQUEER Shows a list of documents available for GET These include all the digests of past messages (generated daily) and any other documents we have placed there for you. GET HKQUEER File_Name Retrieves the document called File_Name You can also do a keyword search of the digests, and any other documents available for GET, by using the command: SEARCH HKQUEER Key_Word In response to a query for SEARCH HKQUEER CONSULTATIVE, the system sent the following reply: The word you asked for is present in the following files: (If no file is listed the word was not found) File Name Context -------------------------------------------------------- Word Searched for: consultative HKQueer-#13: ting to the current consultative documen HKQueer-#14: ual Orientation - A Consultative Paper" HKQueer-#15: or SEARCH HKGAYMAIL consultative, the sy HKQueer-#27: produced a detailed Consultative Paper e