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The welcome-file of the TANGO-L mailing list
Welcome to TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU!
Last revised 4 April 1996
CONTENTS
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0. How to unsubscribe from this list (and how NOT to)
1. Introduction -- Why you should read and save this message
2. Use of the Digest option to reduce your mail volume
3. How to change your subscription or subscription options
4. Sending messages to the everyone on the list
5. Who can join? Why might you be removed from the list?
6. Submission Guidelines and Policies (READ THIS before posting anything!)
7. List of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- How to get it
8. The Dancers' Archives (USEFUL place!) -- This list is archived there too
9. Tango on the Web/Other Related Electronic Fora
10. Information on other LISTSERV commands
11. Whom to contact for other questions related to operation of the list
0. How to unsubscribe from this list (and how NOT to)
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To unsubscribe from this list, send the command
unsubscribe TANGO-L
to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. If you need help unsubscribing an old e-mail
address that you no longer use, send e-mail to TANGO-L-Request@MITVMA.MIT.EDU,
indicating the complete address that you want removed (or, if you don't
remember it exactly, any information that will help identify it, such as
portions of the old address). Do NOT send e-mail to the entire list asking to
be removed from the list, as you may get 300 copies of these instructions
telling you the right way of doing it!
1. Introduction -- Why you should read and save this message
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TANGO-L is a public electronic mailing list for Discussion of Any Aspect of the
Argentine Tango. It is sponsored by the MIT Ballroom Dance Club, but is a
general discussion list for everyone in the worldwide Argentine Tango
community.
Please read this message completely and then SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, even
if you are familiar with LISTSERV and/or the TANGO-L list. This might look like
a waste of disk space now, but in 6 months you will be glad you saved this
information when you realize that you cannot remember what are the lists you
are subscribed to, or what is the command to leave the list to avoid filling up
your mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail
folder for subscription confirmation messages like this one, and for additional
"welcome messages" from the list owners that you are will occasionally receive
after subscribing to a new list.
2. Use of the Digest option to reduce your mail volume
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This list is available in a digested or undigested format; unless you
specifically requested a digest, you are subscribed to the undigested list. The
digest option to a list concatenates all the messages over a period of time
(daily for the TANGO-L list) into one message and sends out the consolidated
message, with an index at the top. This reduces the number of e-mail messages
you get and lets you scan the subjects quickly; however, it is a little more
difficult to respond to individual messages.
3. How to change your subscription or subscription options
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In case you prefer an option other than the one you currently signed up for,
here are the instructions for subscribing or changing your subscription options
to TANGO-L.
You should e-mail the command(s) shown below in the BODY of a message to
LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; multiple commands may appear in the same e-mail
message, and are processed sequentially. The exception to this is the subscribe
command, which generates a confirmation message to you that you must reply to
before you are subscribed; until you are finally subscribed, you cannot change
any options (like digest), so you cannot "subscribe" and "set" in the same
e-mail message.
a. To subscribe to TANGO-L (UN-digested):
subscribe TANGO-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname
b. To change to the (daily) digest option to TANGO-L, after your
subscription has been confirmed:
set TANGO-L digest
c. To change from digest to regular mail, use:
set TANGO-L mail
d. You can also turn mail off temporarily with:
set TANGO-L nomail
This may be useful to do if you are going to be away
for some time and don't want your mail to pile up.
e. To turn mail back on (that was turned off with the
"set TANGO-L nomail" command), use the command:
set TANGO-L mail (for undigested), or
set TANGO-L digest (for digested)
f. To unsubscribe completely from a list, use:
signoff TANGO-L or
unsubscribe TANGO-L
Note that the digest/mail/nomail settings are all mutually exclusive, so that
exactly one will always be active (default when you subscribe is "mail"). This
means that you cannot, for instance, receive both the digested and undigested
versions of the SAME list, unless you subscribe twice under two different
e-mail addresses.
4. Sending messages to the everyone on the list
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To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send
mail to TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. This is called "sending mail to the list,"
because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the
people who have subscribed. This address (TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU) is also
called the "list address." It generally takes between a few minutes and a few
hours for everyone on the list to receive the message, but some addresses incur
delays of a few days, at times.
You must never try to send any command to that address, as it would be
distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to
the "LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@MITVMA.BITNET (or LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU). It
is very important to understand the difference between the two, as people on
the list get annoyed if you send commands meant for LISTSERV to the entire
membership of the list!
This list is restricted to receiving messages only from subscribers to the
list, to avoid unwanted "spams." If your submission is rejected, it is probably
because you are sending the e-mail from a different account than the one you
subscribed under. The best method is to use the same login and machine for
sending mail that you used when you originally subscribed. If this is not
practical for you, another option is to subscribe all of the two or three
machines that you use, and set all but one to "nomail"; this will let you send
mail from any of the machines without receiving multiple copies.
5. Who can join? Why might you be removed from the list?
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Anyone can join the list by sending e-mail to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with a
SUBSCRIBE command.
(You may subscribe a local redistribution list or a gateway to a local
newsgroup, as long as whatever you do is local to your site. Please send
e-mail, describing what you plan to do, to TANGO-L-Request@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
before you do this, so that we may verify that there will be no problems.)
Addresses that generate bounced e-mail (i.e., if your e-mail address stops
working) will be dropped within 2 days or less; you'll have to resubscribe when
the problem is fixed, by sending the command
subscribe TANGO-L Your Full Name
to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. After your subscription has been confirmed, send
the command
set TANGO-L digest
to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. (The digest option is strongly recommended if you
are resubscribing after problems with your address, since it reduces the number
of further bounces that the list administrator has to deal with if the problem
has not cleared, and avoids your being removed again prematurely. After you
have verified that the address is behaving normally again, you can remove the
digest option if you'd like.)
Although a message is sent to you indicating this, you will probably not
receive it (since e-mail to you was bouncing to start with), and the only way
you will know is that you will stop receiving e-mail from the list.
This is the only reason that anyone has ever been dropped from the list and,
since this is a friendly forum, it is hoped that this will always be the only
reason. However, to protect the list and its members, it is necessary to state
that you may be removed from the list, and/or kept from posting to it, under
circumstances including, but not limited to, the following: Extreme or
continued violation of the list guidelines and policies, or of Internet usage
conventions (as determined solely by the list administrator or list owner, or
person(s) designated by the list administrator or list owner); violation of the
acceptable use policies of the sponsoring institution (MIT); violation of any
applicable law, including copyright law; any other action that, in the sole
opinion of the list administrator or list owner, or person(s) designated by the
list administrator or list owner, may be harmful to the list, its members, or
the computer facilities or networks that support it.
6. Submission Guidelines and Policies (READ THIS before posting anything!)
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You will receive a separate file containing the rules that members of the list
are expected to adhere to. If you have questions about a particular rule, or
wish to verify that a posting is within the guidelines, please send e-mail to
the list administrator at TANGO-L-Request@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. Please do not ask
this on the list, as it will invariably lead to tangential discussions on the
list rules, which divert from the primary subject of the list.
7. List of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- How to get it
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There is no FAQ specifically for the Argentine Tango, though one is currently
under development by Shawn Koppenhoefer . If you
are interesting in participating in this activity, please contact Shawn
directly (you may sent the list administrator a copy of your
interest-indicating mail too).
There is an existing FAQ for the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.dance, some of which
is likely to be of interest to members of the TANGO-L list. Although there is
only a little bit of information about the Argentine Tango specifically, you
are strongly encouraged to get and read this FAQ, since it contains a wealth of
other dance-related information. It is available by FTP at
ftp://ftp.std.com/nonprofits/dance/rec-arts-dance/rad-FAQ-1of3.txt,
.../rad-FAQ-2of3.txt and .../rad-FAQ-3of3.txt, or on the WorldWide Web at
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eijkhout/rad/faq.html. If you don't know what all
this means, the easiest way to get it now is to send e-mail to
with the following line in the SUBJECT field of
your e-mail message
get rad-faq
(yes, for this service it DOES matter what's upper case and what's lower case
and, unlike commands to LISTSERVMITVMA.MIT.EDU which appear in the body, the
command for this file server appears in the subject line of the header). This
will get you three separate files by return e-mail for the 3-part FAQ. The FAQ
is maintained by Victor Eijkhout .
8. The Dancers' Archives (USEFUL place!) -- This list is archived there too
===========================================================================
This list is archived at the "Dancer's Archive," which is an FTP site,
accessible by anonymous ftp to ftp.std.com, in files in the directory
/ftp/nonprofits/dance/tango/. These archive files have names of the form
d[yy][mm]w[ww].digest, where [yy] is the year, [mm] the month and [ww] the week
of the _year_. So the February 1996 digests, for example, would be in files
d9602w05.digest through d9602w09.digest.
There is a wealth of information here for dancers of many disciplines, and is
probably the most complete compilation of information for dancers; do browse
around in this directory if you have FTP access. The Dancers' Archives are
maintained by Eileen Bauer ; she welcomes and ENCOURAGES
contributions to the information stored there. If you looked there for
something and didn't find it, and go elsewhere to compile your information,
please do consider submitting your results for inclusion in the Archives, so
that others may benefit from your efforts too!
If you don't have FTP access, the Dancers' Archives also provides an
e-mail-based file-server. Get the FAQ (for which you can use this very file
server as described above), which will give you more information.
9. Tango on the Web/Other Related Electronic Fora
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* The Tango Server: The premier World-Wide-Web site for the Argentine Tango was
the Tango Server in Lausanne, Switzerland, maintained by Shawn Koppenhoefer
. Unfortunately, it was taken off-line in January 1996. A
good starting point is Frankfurt's Tango Page, at
www.cyber-tango.com, which
has links to other sites. Also, look for Tango links in Henry's Hotlist (see
below), or search for "Argentine Tango" with your favourite Web search tool.
* The Ballroom Mailing List: This is a discussion list for all forms of
ballroom and swing dancing. You can subscribe to the Ballroom list by sending
e-mail to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the message
subscribe BALLROOM Your Full Name
in the body of the message.
* Henry's Hotlist, maintained by Henry Neeman contains
a comprehensive list of Web-accessible dance-related sites, including those for
Argentine Tango. Its URL is
http://zeus.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8080/~hneeman/dance_hotlist.html
10. Information on other LISTSERV commands
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A previous section of this message already told you how to subscribe, and
chance your digest options for the TANGO-L list. Here are a few other useful
commands.
You may leave the list completely at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF TANGO-L" or
"UNSUBSCRIBE TANGO-L" command to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. If you want to
suspend mail temporarily (e.g., while you are on vacation), you can send a
command "SET TANGO-L NOMAIL" to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU, and restart mail when
you return with the command "SET TANGO-L MAIL" (or "SET TANGO-L DIGEST" if you
had a digested subscription).
This list has been set up so that LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own
messages, so that you can see that the message was distributed and did not get
damaged on the way. If you would rather not get copies of your own message,
send a "SET TANGO-L NOREPRO" command to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.
For more information about subscription options, send a "QUERY TANGO-L" command
to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.
More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference
card, which you can retrieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to
LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.
11. Whom to contact for other questions related to operation of the list
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If you have further questions, comments or concerns with the management of the
TANGO-L list, you should send e-mail to the administrative contact for the
list, TANGO-L-Request@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. Remember that normal operations of
subscribing, unsubscribing, changing subscription options, etc., are all
handled automatically via e-mail commands (in the BODY of the message) to
LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.
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