From 86a9da2e1a76d8546cdd18fc702b55fb2352435d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bwarsaw
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 22:59:17 +0000
Subject: Fixed several inaccuracies and inconsistencies reported by Daniel
Buchmann, including that Defer, Approve, Reject, Discard are valid for both
held messages and held subscription requests.
---
templates/en/admindbpreamble.html | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html b/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html
index d7f284dea..806c91f1e 100644
--- a/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html
+++ b/templates/en/admindbpreamble.html
@@ -4,32 +4,37 @@ 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.
-For each subscription request, select Refuse or
-Subscribe. If you refuse the subscription, you can
-optionally add a reason for the refusal in the accompanying text box.
+
For each administrative request, please select the action to take
+by choosing one of:
-
For each held posting, select the action
-to take by choosing one of
-- Defer - 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.
-
- Approve - Approve the message and send it on to the list.
-
- Reject - Reject the message, sending a rejection notice to
-the sender. The original message is discarded.
-
- Discard - The original message is discarded with no
-rejection message being sent. This option is useful for spam.
+
- Defer -- Defer your decision until later. No action is
+ taken for this request, but for held postings, you can still
+ forward or preserve the message (see below).
+
+
- Approve -- Approve the message, sending it on to the list,
+ or for membership requests, approve the change in membership
+ status.
+
+
- Reject -- 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 this case,
+ you should add a reason for the rejection in the accompanying text
+ box.
+
+
- Discard -- Throw away the original message, without sending
+ a rejection notice. For membership requests, this simply discards
+ the request, again, without notice to the person making the
+ request.
-Turn on the Preserve option if you want to save a copy if
-this message for the site administrator. This is useful for abusive
-messages. Turn on the Forward to option, and fill in the
-forwarding address if you want to forward the message to someone else
-not on the list.
+
For held messages, turn on the Preserve option if you want
+to save a copy of this message for the site administrator. This is
+useful for abusive messages. Turn on the Forward to option,
+and fill in the forwarding address if you want to forward the message
+to someone else not on the list.
When you're finished, click on the Submit All Data 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 for.
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