HKQueer Mailing List

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 listserv@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, spode@sqzm14.ust.hk, 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 (spode@sqzm14.ust.hk).

subscribe hkqueer <your name>

for example,

subscribe hkqueer Edward Spodick

TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send:

unsubscribe hkqueer

Subscribers can send messages to the list by emailing to:

hkqueer@sqzm14.ust.hk

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 listserv@sqzm14.ust.hk.

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:

Additional tips

1. 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).

2. To set your subscription to inactive (and back to active once you return), follow these instructions:
   

   Send the following command in the *BODY* of a message to listserv@sqzm14.ust.hk

   SET List_Name OPTION

   Set your subscription parameters to OPTION

   e.g. SET hkqueer INACTIVE Suspends your subscription

   SET hkqueer ACTIVE Makes your subscription active

3. DIGEST / MAIL instructions
   Send the following command in the *BODY* of a message to listserv@sqzm14.ust.hk

   SET List_Name OPTION

   Set your subscription parameters to OPTION

   e.g. SET hkqueer DIGEST Sends digests rather than individual messages

   SET hkqueer MAIL Sends you individual messages. [Default].

4. 'GET' INSTRUCTIONS - If you would like to read what has been posted previously, you can ask listserv@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

5. 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
   HKQueer-#35:   for SEARCH HKQUEER CONSULTATIVE, the sy
   HKQueer-#37:   the WebForum on EO Consultative  Paper 
   HKQueer-#38:   the WebForum on EO Consultative  >Paper
   HKQueer-#45:  ed  Having read the consultative documen
   HKQueer-#46:  tters regarding the consultative paper,