| Original author(s) | Kevin Hughes |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 30, 1994 [1] |
| Stable release | 2.4.0 / December 20, 2019 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Mailing list archiver |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
Hypermail is a free program for creating email archives, in the form of cross-referenced HTML documents. It takes a file in Unix mbox format and generates an HTML archive, complete with an index and various sorting options. It is commonly used for creating mailing list archives, but it can archive any collection of emails. Originally written in 1994 by Tom Gruber using Common Lisp, [2] it was rewritten in C by Kevin Hughes for its initial public release in 1994. [1]
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