Specifications

Action Usable By Description
show-all-lists Anyone Shows a list of available
mailing lists
show-archive Anyone Displays archived news-
letters for a particular
list
information Anyone Shows basic information
about a particular list
account-settings Logged-in users Displays user account
settings
show-other-lists Logged-in users Displays mailing lists to
which the user is not
subscribed
show-my-lists Logged-in users Displays mailing lists to
which the user is sub-
scribed
subscribe Logged-in users Subscribes a user to a
particular list
unsubscribe Logged-in users Unsubscribes a user
from a particular list
change-password Logged-in users Displays the change of
password form
store-change- Logged-in users Updates user’s password
password in password the database
create-mail Administrators Displays form to allow
upload of newsletters
create-list Administrators Displays form to allow
new mailing lists to be
created
store-list Administrators Stores mailing list
details in the database
view-mail Administrators Display newsletters that
have been uploaded but
not yet sent
send Administrators Sends newsletters to
subscribers
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