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Hey y'all- this is a shameless plug for the TRANSGEN list.  If you want
to subscribe to TRANSGEN, send the command "SUBSCRIBE TRANSGEN your name"
to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU or LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET.  You'll then be
asked to read the note below and veryfiy that you have read it and agree
to its provisions and you'll then be added to the list.  If you wish, you
can facilitate the process by sending in your subscription request and
sending a note to TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU saying "hey-- I read
the intro note in [insert place you read this note here] and it's cool
with me and could you please add me to the list?"  Anyway, here it is.
If you've got any other questions, you can direct them to the addresses
list below.
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* Transgen is a list specifically for and about people who are transsexual,
* transgendered and/or transvestites. However, the list is open to the
* public. How much you choose to participate is up to you and you are under
* no obligation to post or make yourself known to the membership at large
* but posting an introductory biography of yourself or an explanation as to
* why you joined the list would be more than welcome.
*
* TRANSGEN may be received in two formats. As a DIGEST (the default for new
* subscribers) in which the reader receives messages grouped together into
* a single mailing, or post by post, in which every messages comes through
* to the reader individually. To set TRANSGEN to post by post format the
* proper command is SET TRANSGEN MAIL. To set it to digest format the
* command is SET TRANSGEN DIGEST. The proper address to which to send these
* commands is one of the following:
*
*                      LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
*                      LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET
*
* If you have any complaints with specific members of the list then please
* direct those complaints to the individuals in question before bringing
* them up with the list or the list owners since when private issues are
* brought into public forums tempers tend to rise at exponential rates.
*
* If you have conflicts which are not resolved through private discussion
* that concern the list at large, or have problems with technical issues
* regarding the list, then please direct your queries to one of the
* following addresses:
*
*                      TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
*                      TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BITNET
*
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*
* TRANSGEN now has a set of "rules" with respect to posting.  The rules are
* important, but they are also subject to change.
*
* These are the rules for posting to TRANSGEN.  They're required reading
* for all new list memberse.  The rules are subject to clarification and
* change, so feel free to contact the owners privately if you feel another
* rule is needed or that one needs to be removed at one of the following
* addresses:
*
*                      TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
*                      TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BITNET
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* The TRANSGEN "Rules" for posting.
*
* 1). Unjustified flames of a personal nature which target specific
* individuals on the list will not be tolerated.  What does this mean?  It
* means that if you have a legitimate issue with someone that you're fine,
* but that if you simply attack listmembers without due cause you may be in
* trouble.  Carrying out a personal vendetta against an individual list
* member with the apparent purpose of driving them off the list is a
* similar offense.
*
* 2). Unjustified flames of whole _classes_ of list members are to be
* treated as identical to ones that target specific individuals.  I.e., if
* someone were to post to the list talking about how _all_ transvestites
* behave, or claiming that _all_ F->M TS's have a case of testosterone
* poisining without due cause, then there is also cause for concern.  Note
* that this is considerably different from saying "I've had a problem I
* need to deal with regarding the drag queens I've known and I'd like to
* talk about it."  The former attacks _all_ people of a given class.  The
* latter talks about a personal issue with _some_ individuals.
*
* 3). The above will _only_ be acted upon if the listowner receives a
* complaint from a listmember.  Complaints should be mailed to the
* following address: TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU.  While it's
* acceptable to post such complaints onlist as well, don't assume that the
* listowner will necessarily see them unless sent to the address listed.
*
* 4). On first complaint, a poster will rarely be removed from the list.
* Instead, the individual shall most likely be warned if warranted, and
* possibly put on a probation of indeterminant length. Only once on
* probation will the threat of forced removal from the list exist.
*
* 5). The word of the listowner in such matters is final.  While she may
* solicit advice from the list membership, once the decision is made, it is
* expceted that it will be respected.  Flaming the listowner for decisions
* with which you disagree will get you nowhere.
*
* 6). The listowner is resonable.  Public apologies and acknowlegement of
* wrongdoing on the part of someone on probation may go a long way to
* shortening the duration of the probation.  Also, people are welcome to
* attempt to defend themselves.  However, attacking the people who made the
* complaints to begin with is probably _not_ the best approach to
* convincing anyone that one never meant to flame anyone in the first
* place.
*
* 7). The listowner does not wish to babysit.  Please be sure you have a
* legitimate complaint before contacting her.  If possible, keep and quote
* the offending material (IN CONTEXT!) because she does not read _every_
* post which shows up on this list and may, in fact, already be in the
* habit of deleting unread some of the more vituperative commentary.
*
* 8). Nothing annoys the list owner more (well, a few things do, but not
* many) than seeing a ton of posts to the list saying "I'm not getting any
* posts-- what's wrong?"  Logically, if there's something wrong with the
* list then posting mail to the list asking if there's anything wrong makes
* absolutely no sense whatsoever.  The appropriate place for such posts is
* private mail to the TRANSGEN-REQUEST address listed above.
*
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* HOW DO I...?
*
* A few important HOW DO I...? questions are answered here:
*
* (1) HOW DO I CHANGE MY ADDRESS ON TRANSGEN?
*
* This is a three step process.  First, send the command SUB TRANSGEN your
* name from your NEW address.  Secondly, send a note to the request address
* listed above saying "hey, I'm just switching addresses so don't bother
* sending me all that intro stuff again!" (feel free to use your own
* words).  Third, once you receive confirmation from your new address, send
* one of the following commands from your OLD address to the LISTSERV
* address listed above:
*
* If you want to just switch accounts TEMPORARILY, send the command SET
* TRANSGEN NOMAIL to the LISTSERV.  If you want to switch accounts
* PERMANENTLY, send the command SIGNOFF TRANSGEN to the LISTSERV.
*
* (2) HOW DO I SET MYSELF TO NOMAIL WITHOUT SIGNING OFF THE LIST?
*
* The answer to this question is included in the previous HOW DO I...?
* answer, but it doesn't heart to explain it again.  Simply send the
* command SET TRANSGEN NOMAIL to the LISTSERV.  When you want back on the
* list, send the command SET TRANSGEN MAIL to the same address.
*
* (3) HOW DO I RETRIEVE BACK POSTS?
*
* This is fairly simple.  Send the command INDEX TRANSGEN to get a list of
* available digests.  It will give you a list of files available for
* retrieval.  Then send the command GET filename to the LISTSERV address to
* retreive the file in question.  The files are of the format TRANSGEN
* LOGYYMMW, where "YY" == the year, "MM" = the month (i.e., 03 for march,
* 12 for December), and "W" = a letter code (A-E) for the week.  For
* instance, to get a log from the third week of December of 1993, you'd
* send the command GET TRANSGEN LOG9312C.
*
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* If you have questions about details of this list think something in it
* should be added or altered in any way, please feel free to send a note to
* TRANSGEN-REQUEST@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU and we'll consider it.  Thanks for
* your time in reading this note, and please save it for future reference.
*