<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="mailman-member.css" type='text/css' /> <link rel="first" href="mailman-member.html" title='GNU mailman - list Member Manual' /> <link rel='contents' href='contents.html' title="Contents" /> <link rel='last' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel='help' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel="prev" href="node5.html" /> <link rel="parent" href="node3.html" /> <link rel="next" href="node7.html" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name='aesop' content='information' /> <title>1.3 GNU Mailman</title> </head> <body> <div class="navigation"> <div id='top-navigation-panel' xml:id='top-navigation-panel'> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="1.2 what is a" href="node5.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="1 Introduction" href="node3.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2 translating from our" href="node7.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Member Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node5.html">1.2 What is a</a> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node3.html">1 Introduction</a> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node7.html">2 Translating from our</a> </div> <hr /></div> </div> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <h2><a name="SECTION002130000000000000000"> 1.3 GNU Mailman</a> </h2> <p> GNU Mailman is software that lets you manage electronic mailing lists. It supports a wide range of mailing list types, such as general discussion lists and announce-only lists. Mailman has extensive features which make it good for list subscribers, such as easy subscription and unsubscription, privacy options, and the ability to temporarily stop getting posts from the list. The list member features are covered in this document. <p> Mailman also has many features which make it attractive to list and site administrators. These features are covered in the list and site administrator manuals. <p> <div class="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="1.2 what is a" href="node5.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="1 Introduction" href="node3.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2 translating from our" href="node7.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Member Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node5.html">1.2 What is a</a> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node3.html">1 Introduction</a> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node7.html">2 Translating from our</a> </div> </div> <hr /> <span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 14, 2009.</span> </div> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </body> </html>