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+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. + +
+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. + +
+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. + +
+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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