List of mailing list software

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This is a list of notable electronic mailing list software, which facilitate the widespread distribution of email to many Internet users.

NameInitial releaseLatest stable releaseLatest release dateWritten inLicenses
Dada Mail 2000-0111.22.0 [1] 2023-09-18 [±] Perl GNU GPL
Discourse 2013

3.2.0 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

2024-01-30; 27 days ago [±]

Ruby GNU GPLv2 +
ezmlm-idx 1997-06-15 [3] 7.2.2 [4] 2014-05-15 C GNU GPLv2
GNU Mailman 1999-07-30 [5] 3.3.9 [6] 2023-10-20 [±] Python, some C GNU GPLv2 +
GroupServer 200516.04 [7] 2016-03-01 Python, some C GNU GPL
LISTSERV 198617.0 [8] 2019-07-09? Proprietary
Majordomo 1992-061.94.5 [9] 2000-01-19 Perl Majordomo License Agreement
phpList 2000-03 [10] 3.6.14 [11] 2023-10-04 [±] PHP AGPL
Sympa 1997-04-016.2.72 [12]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2023-06-01 Perl, some C GNU GPL

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

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  10. Changelog for phplist
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