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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.
Name | Initial release | Latest stable release | Latest release date | Written in | Licenses |
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Dada Mail | 2000-01 | 11.22.0 [1] | 2023-09-18 [±] | Perl | GNU GPL |
Discourse | 2013 | 3.4.6 [2] | 2025-06-25; 48 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] | 3.3.10 [6] | 2024-10-01 [±] | Python, some C | GNU GPLv2 + |
GroupServer | 2005 | 16.04 [7] | 2016-03-01 | Python, some C | GNU GPL |
LISTSERV | 1986 | 17.5 [8] | 2024-11-20 | ? | Proprietary |
Majordomo | 1992-06 | 1.94.5 [9] | 2000-01-19 | Perl | Majordomo License Agreement |
mlmmj | 2004-04 | 1.6.0 | 2025-06-13 [10] | C | MIT license |
phpList | 2000-03 [11] | 3.6.16 [12] | 2025-05-26 [±] | PHP | AGPL |
Sympa | 1997-04-01 | 6.2.76 [13] ![]() | 2025-02-04; 6 months ago [±] | Perl, some C | GNU GPL |
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development |