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Distinguishing Mailman List Owners from Moderators

Each Mailman list has at least one owner but some also have a list moderator. The moderator is appointed by the owner to be in charge of list subscriptions and postings. Here is a brief description of both roles:

List owner

Each list must have an owner who is responsible for configuration, maintenance, and operation of the list. The list owner may establish other owners, and may optionally have others take roles such as moderating the discussion or managing subscription requests. List owners can execute commands for their subscribers, including adding and deleting subscribers. List owners receive all requests for moderation from the server that moderators receive, so even with a moderated list, it is not necessary to specify a moderator.
(If you are receiving two copies of moderation requests, it's because you've set up the same address as listowner and moderator. With Mailman, this is not needed. Note that neither listowner NOR moderator have automatic posting rights and must be set to 'unmoderated' under Membership Management.)

List moderator

List moderators are optional. They are assigned by the owners and can manage list subscriptions and postings.

Owners and moderators have different authentication methods for accessing the Mailman Web pages. List owners use their listowner password and password to access the administration pages at

https://lists.prairienet.org/mailman/admin/listname

(where listname is replaced with the actual name of your list) as well as the moderator page at

https://lists.prairienet.org/mailman/admindb/listname

The list moderator, however, only has access to the moderator page with his or her moderator password (assigned by the list owner).

For information about how to specify a list moderator, assign a moderator password, and configure your list as a moderated list, see the Managing private and moderated lists section of the List Maintenance page.