The Tango-L mailing list README file

                   Welcome to TANGO-L @MITVMA.MIT.EDU!



Last revised 4 April 1996







CONTENTS


 How to unsubscribe from this list (and how NOT to)
 Introduction -- Why you should read and save this message
 Use of the Digest option to reduce your mail volume
 How to change your subscription or subscription options
 Sending messages to the everyone on the list
 Who can join?  Why might you be removed from the list?
 Submission Guidelines and Policies (READ THIS before posting anything!)
 List of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- How to get it
 The Dancers' Archives (USEFUL place!) -- This list is archived there too
 Tango on the Web/Other Related Electronic Fora
 Information on other LISTSERV commands
 Whom to contact for other questions related to operation of the list




1. 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!  
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. How to change your subscription or subscription options
==========================================================
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.
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5. Sending messages to the everyone on the list
===============================================
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.MIT.EDU   (or
LISTSERV @MITVMA.BITNET).  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.
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6. Who can join?  Why might you be removed from the list?
=========================================================
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.
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7. Submission Guidelines and Policies (READ THIS before posting anything!)
==========================================================================
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.
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8. List of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- How to get it
============================================================
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
.
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9. 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.
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10. 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
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~garrit/english/tango_engl/tango_engl.html,
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
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11. 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.
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12. 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.