Software:GNU Mailman
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| Developer(s) | Abhilash Raj[1] |
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| Initial release | July 30, 1999[2] |
| Written in | Mostly Python, some C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Available in | Many languages |
| Type | Mailing list management software |
| License | 3: GPL-3.0-or-later 2: GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
GNU Mailman is a computer software application from the GNU Project for managing electronic mailing lists.[3][4] Mailman is coded primarily in Python and currently maintained by Abhilash Raj.[1] Mailman is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.[4]
History
A very early version of Mailman was written by John Viega while a graduate student, who then lost his copy of the source in a hard drive crash sometime around 1998.[5] Ken Manheimer at CNRI, who was looking for a replacement for Majordomo, then took over development. When Manheimer left CNRI, Barry Warsaw took over. Mailman 3—the first major new version in over a decade—was released in April 2015.[6]
Features
Mailman runs on most Unix-like systems, including Linux. Since Mailman 3.0 it has required python-3.4 or newer.[7] It works with Unix-style mail servers such as Exim, Postfix, Sendmail and qmail. Features include:
- A customizable publicly-accessible web page for each maillist.
- Web application for list administration, archiving of messages, spam filtering, etc. Separate interfaces are available for users (for self-administration), moderators (to accept/reject list posts), and administrators.
- Support for multiple administrators and moderators for each list.
- Per-list privacy features, such as closed-subscriptions, private archives, private membership rosters, and sender-based posting rules.
- Integrated bounce detection and automatic handling of bouncing addresses.
- Integrated spam filters
- Majordomo-style email based commands.
- Support for virtual domains.
- List archiving. The default archiver provided with Mailman 2 is Pipermail,[8] although other archivers can be used instead. The archiver for Mailman 3 is HyperKitty.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Warsaw, Barry (23 November 2017). "Time Stand Still". Mailman-Announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ↑ Warsaw, Barry A. (30 July 1999). "Mailman 1.0". mailman-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "freshmeat.net: Project details for GNU Mailman". http://freshmeat.net/projects/mailman/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager". https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/.
- ↑ "MyMailmanRole — Myriadicity Dot". http://myriadicity.net/Sundry/MyMailmanRole.
- ↑ "Mailman 3.0 to modernize mailing lists". lwn.net. 27 March 2015. https://lwn.net/Articles/638090/.
- ↑ "Getting started with GNU Mailman". mailman.readthedocs.org. http://mailman.readthedocs.org/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/START.html#requirements.
- ↑ "Pipermail". amk.ca. http://www.amk.ca/python/unmaintained/pipermail.html.
- ↑ "Developer Resources". gnu.org. https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/devs.html.
Further reading
Reviews
Other resources
- List Administrator's Guide
- "Mailman – An Extensible Mailing List Manager Using Python"; Ken Manheimer, Barry Warsaw, John Viega; presented at the 7th International Python Conference, Nov 10–13, 1998
- "Mailman: The GNU Mailing List Manager"; John Viega, Barry Warsaw, Ken Manheimer; presented at the 12th Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA '98), Dec 9, 1998
- GNU Mailman chapter in The Architecture of Open Source Applications Volume 2
- Barry Warsaw presentation on Mailman 3 at PyCon US 2012
External links
- Mailman Documentation
- Mailman support mailing lists
- "GNU Mailman". http://freecode.com/projects/mailman/.
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