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@@ -4,32 +4,31 @@ First you will find the list of pending subscription requests (if
there are any), followed by any mailing list postings being held for
your approval.
-<p>For each subscription request, select <b>Refuse</b> or
-<b>Subscribe</b>. If you refuse the subscription, you can
-optionally add a reason for the refusal in the accompanying text box.
-
-<p>For each held posting, select the action
-to take by choosing one of
+<p>For each request, select the action to take by choosing one of
<ul>
-<li><b>Defer</b> - Defer your decision until later. Use this if you
-just want to forward or preserve (see below) the message but not
-dispose of it yet.
-<li><b>Approve</b> - Approve the message and send it on to the list.
-<li><b>Reject</b> - Reject the message, sending a rejection notice to
-the sender. The original message is discarded.
-<li><b>Discard</b> - The original message is discarded with no
-rejection message being sent. This option is useful for spam.
+ <li><b>Defer</b> - Defer your decision until later. Use this if
+ you just want to forward or preserve (see below) the message but
+ not dispose of it yet, or if you can't yet decide whether to
+ approve or reject a subscription request.
+
+ <li><b>Approve</b> - Approve the message or subscription request.
+
+ <li><b>Reject</b> - Reject the message or subscription request,
+ sending a rejection notice to the user. You should fill in the
+ reason for the rejection, which will be included in the notice.
+
+ <li><b>Discard</b> - The original message or subscription request
+ is discarded with no rejection message being sent. This option is
+ useful for spam, or for users that you know are already subscribed.
</ul>
-<p>Turn on the <b>Preserve</b> option if you want to save a copy if
-this message for the site administrator. This is useful for abusive
+<p>Turn on the <b>Preserve</b> option if you want to save a copy of a
+held message for the site administrator. This is useful for abusive
messages. Turn on the <b>Forward to</b> option, and fill in the
-forwarding address if you want to forward the message to someone else
-not on the list.
+forwarding address if you want to forward a held message to someone
+else not on the mailing list.
<p>When you're finished, click on the <em>Submit All Data</em> button
at the top or bottom of this page. This button will submit all
selected actions for all administrative requests that you've made a
-decision for. If you don't want to make a decision for some requests,
-leave all the action radio buttons unselected, and that request will
-not be removed from the pending database. You can also
+decision on.