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-2.1 A List's Email Addresses</A>
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+1.2 Administrative Roles</A>
 </H2>
 
 <P>
-Every mailing list has a set of email addresses that messages can be
-sent to.  There's always one address for posting messages to the list,
-one address that bounces will be sent to, and addresses for processing
-email commands.  For example, for a mailing list called
-<var>mylist@example.com</var>, you'd find these addresses:
-
-<P>
-
-<UL>
-<LI>mylist@example.com - this is the email address people should
-      use for new postings to the list.
-
-<P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-join@example.com - by sending a message to this address,
-      a new member can request subscription to the list.  Both the
-      <span class="mailheader">Subject:</span> header and body of such a message are
-      ignored.  Note that mylist-subscribe@example.com is an alias for
-      the -join address.
-
-<P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-leave@example.com - by sending a message to this address,
-      a member can request unsubscription from the list.  As with the
-      -join address, the <span class="mailheader">Subject:</span> header and body of the
-      message is ignored.  Note that mylist-unsubscribe@example.com is
-      an alias for the -leave address.
-
-<P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-owner@example.com - This address reaches the list owner
-      and list moderators directly.
-
-<P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-request@example.com - This address reaches a mail robot
-      which processes email commands that can be used to set member
-      subscription options, as well as process other commands.
+There are two primary administrative roles for each mailing list, a
+list owner and a list moderator.  A list owner is allowed to change
+various settings of the list, such as the privacy and archiving
+policies, the content filtering settings, etc.  The list owner is also
+allowed to subscribe or invite members, unsubscribe members, and
+change any member's subscription options.
 
 <P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-bounces@example.com - This address receives bounces from
-      members who's addresses have become either temporarily or
-      permanently inactive.  The -bounces address is also a mail robot
-      that processes bounces and automatically disables or removes
-      members as configured in the bounce processing settings.  Any
-      bounce messages that are either unrecognized, or do not seem to
-      contain member addresses, are forwarded to the list
-      administrators.
+The list moderator on the other hand, is only allowed to approve or
+reject postings and subscription requests.  The list moderator can
+also do things like clear a member's moderation flag, or add an
+address to a list of approved non-member posters.
 
 <P>
-</LI>
-<LI>mylist-confirm@example.com - This address is another email
-      robot, which processes confirmation messages for subscription
-      and unsubscription requests.
-</LI>
-</UL>
+Normally, the list owner and list moderator are the same person.  In
+fact, the list owner can always do all the tasks a list moderator can
+do.  Access to both the owner's configuration pages, and the
+moderation pages are protected by the same password.  However, if the
+list owner wants to delegate posting and subscription approval
+authority to other people, a separate list moderator password can be
+set, giving moderators access to the approval pages, but not the
+configuration pages.  In this setup, list owners can still moderate
+the list, of course.
 
 <P>
-There's also an -admin address which also reaches the list
-administrators, but this address only exists for compatibility with
-older versions of Mailman.
+In the sections that follow, we'll often use the terms list owner and
+list administrator interchangably, meaning both roles.  When
+necessary, we'll distinguish the list moderator explicitly.
 
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