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Possible access modes

The access modes that can be granted to a user are the following:

A: answer
-- User can enter replies to existing transactions. Without ``own'' access, however, he will not be able to delete his own transactions.

C: chairman
-- Allows the user to modify the access list; this grants the user (indirectly) any access modes he desires.

D: delete
-- User can delete and retrieve transactions.

O: own
-- User can read, delete, and retrieve his own submissions to the meeting, i.e., those he entered.

R: read
-- User can read any (non-deleted) transaction in the meeting.

S: status
-- User can retrieve certain information about the meeting, such as the number of transactions or access control list.

W: write
-- User may start new transaction chains in the meeting. Without ``own'' access, however, he will not be able to delete his transactions.



sepherke
Sat Mar 21 19:54:41 EST 1998