Simple/lightweight alternative to GNU Mailman?

Question

I\'m looking for a dead simple mailing list (unix friendly). Robustness, fine-grained configurability, \"enterprise-readiness\" (whatever that means) are not requirements. I jus

Answer 1

Mailman is one of the simplest mailing list packages I've come across, so if Mailman is more than you want to deal with I'd suggest just adding an entry into /etc/aliases for your mailing list.

Of course you have to manage it by hand, but you said it's only for a few friends so that may not be a problem. Just create an entry in /etc/aliases such as:

mylist: me@somedomain.com, myfriend@somedomain.com, \
  myotherfriend@differentdomain.com

and then run newaliases. It doesn't get much simpler than that. If you want an archive you can create a dummy account on your mail server and add them to the list.

It's not as user friendly as Mailman but it's simple and you can be up and running in 5 minutes.

Answer 2

If you want something easy to setup, with a user interface on top then I would recommend to check out WP Mailster (WordPress plugin) or Mailster (Joomla plugin).

No matter which of the two CMS you prefer, you will only need 5 minutes to have a "naked" WordPress or Joomla and the plugin installed.

It really works well and is easy to use. I have used Mailster for years and recently, with my site's move to WordPress have switched wo WP Mailster.

Answer 3

If you're not afraid of perl, give Minimalist a try.