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| developer = Barry Warsaw
| developer = Barry Warsaw
| released = {{Start date|1999|7|30}}<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/1999-July/000004.html |title=Mailman 1.0 |first=Barry A. |last=Warsaw |date=30 July 1999 |accessdate=2008-12-09 |mailinglist=mailman-announce }}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|1999|7|30}}<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/1999-July/000004.html |title=Mailman 1.0 |first=Barry A. |last=Warsaw |date=30 July 1999 |accessdate=2008-12-09 |mailinglist=mailman-announce }}</ref>
| latest release version = 2.1.17
| latest release version = 2.1.18
| latest release date = {{release date|2013|11|23}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ |title=GNU.org |publisher=GNU.org |date=2013-11-23 |accessdate=2013-12-25}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{release date|2014|04|03}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ |title=GNU.org |publisher=GNU.org |date=2014-04-03 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 3.0b4
| latest preview version = 3.0b4
| latest preview date = {{release date|2014|04|28}}<ref name="v3beta4">{{cite web|url=https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2014-April/000191.html |title=ANNOUNCE: The GNU Mailman 3 suite, beta 1 preview |publisher=Mail.python.org |date= |accessdate=2014-04-28}}</ref>
| latest preview date = {{release date|2014|04|28}}<ref name="v3beta4">{{cite web|url=https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2014-April/000191.html |title=ANNOUNCE: The GNU Mailman 3 suite, beta 1 preview |publisher=Mail.python.org |date= |accessdate=2014-04-28}}</ref>

Revision as of 04:16, 6 May 2014

GNU Mailman
Developer(s)Barry Warsaw
Initial releaseJuly 30, 1999 (1999-07-30)[1]
Stable release
2.1.18 / April 3, 2014 (2014-04-03)[2]
Preview release
3.0b4 / April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)[3]
Written inMostly Python, some C
Operating systemUnix-like
Available inMany languages
Typemailing list management (MLM) software
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.gnu.org/software/mailman/

GNU Mailman is a computer software application from the GNU Project for managing electronic mailing lists.[4][5] Mailman is coded primarily in Python and currently maintained by Barry Warsaw. Mailman is free software, subject to the requirement of the GNU General Public License.[5]

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.[6] Ken Manheimer at CNRI, who was looking for a replacement for Majordomo, then took over development. When Manheimer left CNRI, Barry Warsaw took over. Version 3 has been under development since 2009, with the fourth beta released in 2014.[3]

Web administration interface for GNU Mailman

Features

Mailman runs on Linux and most Unix-like systems, and requires Python 2.1.3 or newer. It works with Unix style mail servers such as Postfix, Sendmail and qmail.

Features include:

  • A Web browser interface for list administration, archiving of messages, spam filtering.
  • A customizable home page for each mailing list.
  • Integrated bounce detection and automatic handling of bouncing addresses.
  • Integrated spam filters
  • Majordomo-style email based commands.
  • Multiple list owners and moderators.
  • Per-list privacy features, such as closed-subscriptions, private archives, private membership rosters, and sender-based posting rules.
  • Support for virtual domains.
  • Web based subscribing and unsubscribing. Users can temporarily disable their accounts, select email digest modes, hide their email addresses from other members, etc.
  • Mailing list archiver (Pipermail, the name is visible in the URLs[7]) inside the mailing list manager.

See also

References

  1. ^ Warsaw, Barry A. (30 July 1999). "Mailman 1.0". mailman-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-12-09. {{cite mailing list}}: Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "GNU.org". GNU.org. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  3. ^ a b "ANNOUNCE: The GNU Mailman 3 suite, beta 1 preview". Mail.python.org. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  4. ^ "freshmeat.net: Project details for GNU Mailman". Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  5. ^ a b "Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager". Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  6. ^ "MyMailmanRole — Myriadicity Dot". Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  7. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Wayback.archive.org. Retrieved 2013-12-25. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

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