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Title: Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager
Other-links:
    <h3>Exits</h3>
    <li><a href="http://sf.net/projects/mailman">SF Project Page</a>
    <li><a href="lists.html">Discussion Lists</a>
    <li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a>
    <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU</a>
    <li><a href="http://barry.warsaw.us/">Barry Warsaw</a>


<h3>Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager</h3>

Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and
e-newsletter lists.  Mailman is integrated with the web, making it
easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to
administer their lists.  Mailman supports built-in archiving,
automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam
filters, and more.  See the <a href="features.html">features page</a>
for details.

<p>Mailman is free software, distributed under the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
License</a>.  Mailman is written in the
<a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a>
programming language, with a little bit of C code for security.

<p>The name of this software is spelled <em>Mailman</em>
with a capital leading <em>M</em> and a lowercase second <em>m</em>.
It is incorrect to spell it "MailMan" (i.e. you should not use
StudlyCaps).
<!-- Mailman is gender neutral, low carb, kid safe, drug
free, high octane, slightly lemony flavored... and easier to remember
than <a href="http://www.eve-golden.com/images/FloobsOPT--OK.jpg">Floob
Boober Bab Boober Bubs</a>. -->

<h3>Current Version</h3>

<p>Version
<!-VERSION--->2.1.3<!-VERSION--->,
(released on
<!-DATE--->28-Sep-2003<!-DATE--->)
is the current released version of Mailman, in production at many
sites.

<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>

<p>Mailman's lead developer is
<a href="http://barry.warsaw.us">Barry Warsaw</a> who can be contacted
at <a href="mailto:barry@python.org">barry@python.org</a>.

<p>Thanks go to
<a href="http://www.control.com/">Control.com</a> for their
sponsorship of new Mailman 2.1 features such as the topic filters,
external membership sources, and "virtual" mailing lists.  Also, a
huge thanks goes out to my employer <a href="http://www.zope.com">Zope
Corporation</a> for their support, as well as the
<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mailman/mailman/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup"
>list of contributors</a>, bug hunters, big idea people, and others
who have helped immensely with Mailman's development.