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phpList vs GNU Mailman: catalog facts
phpList	GNU Mailman
Freemium Free to download and self-host; hosted accounts are offered separately at phplist.com.	Free Free software under the GNU General Public License, supported by donations.
Web, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted
Bounce processing with policy and regex rules Segmentation, personalisation and campaign analytics	Web interface for subscribers and list owners Built-in archiving, digests and bounce processing
Requires a PHP server and mail sending setup Interface is older than newer newsletter tools	Needs a mail server and some administration skill to deploy Mailman 3 is split into several components that must be installed together
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-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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