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INTRODUCTION
- This is GNU Mailman, a mailing list management system distributed
- under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The name
- of this software is spelled "Mailman" with a leading capital `M'
- but with a lower case second `m'. Any other spelling is
- incorrect.
+ This is GNU Mailman, a mailing list management system distributed under
+ the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The name of this
+ software is spelled "Mailman" with a leading capital `M' but with a lower
+ case second `m'. Any other spelling is incorrect.
- Mailman is written primarily in Python, a free object-oriented
- scripting language. There is some ANSI C code for security
- purposes.
+ Mailman is written primarily in Python, a free object-oriented scripting
+ language. There is some ANSI C code for security purposes.
- Mailman was originally developed by John Viega. Subsequent
- development (through version 1.0b3) was by Ken Manheimer. Further
- work towards the 1.0 final release was a group effort, with the
- core contributors being: Barry Warsaw, Ken Manheimer, Scott
- Cotton, Harald Meland, and John Viega. Version 1.0 and beyond
- have been primarily maintained by Barry Warsaw with contributions
- from many; see the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file for details. Jeremy
+ Mailman was originally developed by John Viega. Subsequent development
+ (through version 1.0b3) was by Ken Manheimer. Further work towards the
+ 1.0 final release was a group effort, with the core contributors being:
+ Barry Warsaw, Ken Manheimer, Scott Cotton, Harald Meland, and John Viega.
+ Version 1.0 and beyond have been primarily maintained by Barry Warsaw with
+ contributions from many; see the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file for details. Jeremy
Hylton helped considerably with the Pipermail code in Mailman 2.0.
- The Mailman home page is
+ The Mailman home page is:
http://www.list.org
- with mirrors at
+ with mirrors at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman
http://mailman.sf.net
- Mailman 2.1 requires Python 2.1.3 or greater, which can be
- downloaded from
+ Mailman 2.1 requires Python 2.1.3 or greater, which can be downloaded from:
http://www.python.org
- It is recommended that you use Python 2.3.3, the latest release as
- of this writing (31-Dec-2003). Mailman will work with Python
- 2.2.3 as well, which is the latest release on the Python 2.2 branch.
- Mailman 2.1 is not compatible with Python 2.0 or any earlier
- version.
+ It is recommended that you use Python 2.3.3, the latest release as of this
+ writing (31-Dec-2003). Update: 15-May-2004, the Python 2.3.4 release is
+ imminent, see:
- You will also need an ANSI C compiler to build both Python and
- Mailman; gcc (the GNU C compiler) works just fine. Mailman
- currently works only on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating
- systems (e.g. Solaris, *BSD, MacOSX, etc.). It does not run on
- Windows, although web and mail clients on any platform should be
- able to interact with Mailman just fine.
+ http://www.python.org/2.3.4
- See the INSTALL file for installation instructions. If you are
- upgrading from a previous version of Mailman, you need to read the
- UPGRADING file for important information.
+ Mailman will work with Python 2.2.3 as well, which is the latest release
+ on the Python 2.2 branch. Mailman 2.1 is not compatible with Python 2.0
+ or any earlier version.
+
+ You will also need an ANSI C compiler to build both Python and Mailman;
+ gcc (the GNU C compiler) works just fine. Mailman currently works only on
+ GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems (e.g. Solaris, *BSD,
+ MacOSX, etc.). It does not run on Windows, although web and mail clients
+ on any platform should be able to interact with Mailman just fine.
+
+ See the INSTALL file for installation instructions. If you are upgrading
+ from a previous version of Mailman, you need to read the UPGRADING file
+ for important information.
FEATURES
- Read the NEWS file for a list of changes since version 0.9. Read
- the TODO file for our (extensive) wish list. You can see Mailman
- 2.1 in action at
+ Read the NEWS file for a list of changes since version 0.9. Read the TODO
+ file for our (extensive) wish list. You can see Mailman 2.1 in action at:
http://mail.python.org/mailman-21/listinfo
- Mailman has most of the standard features you'd expect in a
- mailing list manager, and more:
+ Mailman has most of the standard features you'd expect in a mailing list
+ manager, and more:
- Web based list administration for nearly all tasks. Web based
- subscriptions and user configuration management. A customizable
- "home page" for each mailing list.
+ subscriptions and user configuration management. A customizable "home
+ page" for each mailing list.
- - Privacy features such as moderation, open and closed list
- subscription policies, private membership rosters, and
- sender-based filters.
+ - Privacy features such as moderation, open and closed list subscription
+ policies, private membership rosters, and sender-based filters.
- - Automatic web based archiving built-in with support for private
- and public archives, and hooks for external archivers.
+ - Automatic web based archiving built-in with support for private and
+ public archives, and hooks for external archivers.
- Per-user configuration optional digest delivery for either
MIME-compliant or RFC 1153 style "plain text" digests.
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@
Again to confirm password: [yourpassword]
Password changed.
- - Visit the url
+ - Visit the url:
http://my.dom.ain/mailman/create
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