The administrative requests are displayed in one of two ways, on a <a
![](/@@/translation-newline)
href="%(summaryurl)s">summary page</a>, and on a <em>details</em>
![](/@@/translation-newline)
page. The summary page contains pending subscription and
![](/@@/translation-newline)
unsubscription requests, as well as postings being held for your
![](/@@/translation-newline)
approval, grouped by sender email address. The details page contains
![](/@@/translation-newline)
a more detailed view of each held message, including the all the
![](/@@/translation-newline)
message's headers and an excerpt of the message body.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>On all the pages, the following actions are available:
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<ul>
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<li><b>Defer</b> -- Defer your decision until later. No action is
taken now for this pending administrative request, but for held
postings, you can still forward or preserve the message (see
below).
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<li><b>Approve</b> -- Approve the message, sending it on to the list.
For membership requests, approve the change in membership status.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<li><b>Reject</b> -- Reject the message, sending a rejection notice to
the sender, and discarding the original message. For membership
requests, reject the change in membership status. In either case,
you should add a reason for the rejection in the accompanying text
box.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<li><b>Discard</b> -- Throw away the original message, without sending
a rejection notice. For membership requests, this simply discards
the request without notice to the person making the request. This
is usually the action you want to take for known spam.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
</ul>
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>For held messages, turn on the <b>Preserve</b> option if you want
![](/@@/translation-newline)
to save a copy of the message for the site administrator. This is
![](/@@/translation-newline)
useful for abusive messages that you want to discard, but need to keep
![](/@@/translation-newline)
a record of for later inspection.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>Turn on the <b>Forward to</b> option, and fill in the forwarding
![](/@@/translation-newline)
address if you want to forward the message to someone else not on the
![](/@@/translation-newline)
list. To edit a held message before it is sent on to the list, you
![](/@@/translation-newline)
should forward the message to yourself (or the list owners), and
![](/@@/translation-newline)
discard the original message. Then, when the message shows up in your
![](/@@/translation-newline)
mailbox, make your edits and resend the message to the list, including
![](/@@/translation-newline)
an <tt>Approved:</tt> header with the list password as its value. It
![](/@@/translation-newline)
is proper netiquette in this case to include a note in the resent
![](/@@/translation-newline)
message, explaining that you have modified the text.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>If the sender is a list member who is being moderated, you can
![](/@@/translation-newline)
optionally clear their moderation flag. This is useful when your list
![](/@@/translation-newline)
is configured to put new members on probation, and you've decided that
![](/@@/translation-newline)
this member can be trusted to post to the list without approval.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>If the sender is not a list member, you can add the email address to
![](/@@/translation-newline)
a <em>sender filter</em>. Sender filters are described on the <a
![](/@@/translation-newline)
href="%(filterurl)s">sender filter privacy page</a>, and may be one of
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<b>auto-accept</b> (Accepts), <b>auto-hold</b> (Holds),
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<b>auto-reject</b> (Rejects), or <b>auto-discard</b> (Discards). This
![](/@@/translation-newline)
option will not be available if the address is already on one of the
![](/@@/translation-newline)
sender filters.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p>When you're finished, click on the <em>Submit All Data</em> button
![](/@@/translation-newline)
at the top or bottom of the page. This button will submit all
![](/@@/translation-newline)
selected actions for all administrative requests that you've made a
![](/@@/translation-newline)
decision for.
![](/@@/translation-newline)
<p><a href="%(summaryurl)s">Return to the summary page</a>.