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Mailman 2.1 announced

[Mailman] A new version of Mailman, a Python-based mailing list management system with a web-based user interface, has been announced.

A summary of features for this version of Mailman includes:

  • Web-based list creation and removal.
  • Multi-lingual support.
  • Real name support for list members.
  • Improved password-less operations.
  • Support for personalized deliveries with bounce detection.
  • Emergency moderation capabilities.
  • MIME-based content filtering.
  • Regexp based topic filtering.
  • Improved membership management with searching.
  • Support for moderated newsgroups.
  • A redesigned mail delivery subsystem architecture.
  • Moderation and privacy controls.
  • Autoresponse governors.
  • Global user option configurability.
  • Improved MIME and I18n support.
  • A new list moderator role.
  • Support for a new Urgent: header.
See the full list of Mailman features, and the NEWS file for a full history of revisions.

If you are interested in trying out Mailman, the online Mailman documentation is a good place to start.


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