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GNU Mailman

Mailman, the GNU mailing list manager.

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GNU Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. It is integrated with the web, allowing users to manage their accounts and list owners to administer their lists. The software includes built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, and spam filters. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License and written in Python.

Mailman supports through-the-web list creation and removal, multi-lingual list pages and notices, personalized deliveries, VERP-like bounce detection, MIME-based content filtering, regular expression topic filtering, membership management, administrative request pages, moderation and privacy controls, subscription invitations, auto-response controls, and user-controllable delivery options. Mailman 3 adds virtual hosting, a single account for managing multiple subscription addresses, a preferred default address, a REST-based API, the Postorius web interface, and the HyperKitty archiver. The project offers both Mailman 3 and Mailman 2.1 releases.

12 alternatives to GNU Mailman

Ranked by how well each tool replaces GNU Mailman: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Mailman Suite

    Mailing list manager core, web user interface, web archiver, and REST API bindings

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Open source
    68 out of 100 match—

  2. MailerLite

    Simple and affordable email marketing solution.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    64 out of 100 matchFree

  3. FreeLists

    Mailing list hosting for groups and communities.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    63 out of 100 matchFree

  4. rapidmail

    GDPR-compliant newsletter software for creating and evaluating email campaigns.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    60 out of 100 matchContact sales

  5. Gaggle Mail

    The simplest way to run group email

    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    59 out of 100 match$10/mo

  6. Sympa

    Mailing list management software.

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    Open source
    59 out of 100 match—

  7. MailPoet

    Better Email for WordPress-Powered Websites

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    58 out of 100 matchFree

  8. Mailmeteor

    Send personalized emails and manage replies at scale

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    58 out of 100 match$5.99/mo

  9. GMass

    Email campaigns sent from inside Gmail

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    57 out of 100 match$20/mo

  10. LinuxMagic

    Linux development house specializing in email server technology and anti-spam solutions

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    57 out of 100 match—

  11. Apache SpamAssassin

    Open-source spam filter for system administrators.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    57 out of 100 matchContact sales

  12. listmonk

    Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    57 out of 100 matchFree