Difference between revisions of "Discussion list software"
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Revision as of 00:19, 18 December 2015
- Listen
- "A mailing list management application" - http://www.coactivate.org/projects/listen/project-home
- Sympa
- "Sympa is an opensource mailing list manager" - http://www.sympa.org
Notable features: Encryption support, interface internationalization (20+langs), WAI compliant interface, list topics, list configuration templates, archived message deletion, 2 user roles, flexbile MTA, RDBMS, LDAP + SSO, external data sources for subscribers, moderators and list-owners, bounce and auto-responder management.
Notable feature gaps or limitations:
- Mailman
- "Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager" - http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html
Notable features: Internationalization, list topics, bounce and auto-responder management.
Notable feature gaps or limitations:
- Dadamail
- "Dada Mail is a Contemporary Mailing List Manager. Make running your business and personal mailing lists easy, fun, and inexpensive. " - http://dadamailproject.com/
- Groupserver
- "Open Source Web-Based Mailing List Manager" (Free) - http://groupserver.org/
Notable features: Robust posting web UI, bounce and auto-responder management, user profiles.
Notable feature gaps or limitations: Internationalization, list topics, postfix only, PostgreSQL only.
Hosted solutions
- Nabble
- Fiesta
- Basecamp Breeze
- Google Groups, Groups for Google Apps - Google accounts are not required for most features. Explanation of which tasks require a Google account
- Yahoo Groups - Yahoo accounts are not required for basic participation via email, but you will not receive any attached files because they are removed and kept in the web interface. Yahoo help:Joining a Yahoo! group.
Most Google & Yahoo groups exist both as mailing lists and as web-accessible forums. Generally speaking, participation in older lists is possible without creating an account, though viewing or posting via the web-accessible portion, and administrating a group will require a Google/Yahoo account and account creation is not open to all physical abilities.
List Archiving
- http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#newlist
- http://dcssrv1.oit.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/mhonarc.html
- MarkMail
- Gmane
- Nabble
Basic Comparison Chart
| Software | Open Source | Free | Platform | Language | Skill for Setup | Feature List | Demo Site | Custom / API | Plugins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listen | Yes |
Yes |
Plone/Zope |
Python |
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| Sympa | GPL2 |
Yes |
Perl + C |
Features |
SOAP |
Contribs | |||
| Mailman | GPL |
Yes |
Python + C |
Features |
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| DadaMail | GPL |
Yes |
Perl |
Features |
http://demo.dadamailproject.com | ||||
| GroupServer | GPL |
Yes |
Zope 5 |
Python |
Features |
http://onlinegroups.net/ |
Proposed |
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| Drupal w/Mailhandler | GPL |
Yes |
PHP |
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| Drupal + Mailman | GPL |
Yes |
PHP |
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| Drupal w/og_mailinglist | GPL |
Yes |
PHP |
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| FUDforum w/Mailing List Manager | GPL2 |
Yes |
PHP |
Features |
FUDAPI |