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mlmmj vs Sympa: catalog facts
mlmmj	Sympa
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Very low resource use with no daemons Works with Postfix, Exim, qmail and sendmail	Designed for lists with tens of thousands of subscribers Handles subscription, moderation and archives in one package
Deliberately minimal feature set Configured from the command line and files rather than a full web admin	Requires running and configuring your own mail server Setup is aimed at experienced system administrators
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
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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