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GNU Mailman vs phpList: catalog facts
GNU Mailman	phpList
Free Free software under the GNU General Public License, supported by donations.	Freemium Free to download and self-host; hosted accounts are offered separately at phplist.com.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Web interface for subscribers and list owners Built-in archiving, digests and bounce processing	Bounce processing with policy and regex rules Segmentation, personalisation and campaign analytics
Needs a mail server and some administration skill to deploy Mailman 3 is split into several components that must be installed together	Requires a PHP server and mail sending setup Interface is older than newer newsletter tools
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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