Mailing Lists Management System

Mailman is a GNU Mailing List Management System that provides a web-based mail list administration interface. It can work with almost all known mail transfer agents.

Mailman Directory Structure

Root directory:

/usr/lib/mailman

Executable Python scripts:

/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl

/usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner

Startup script:

/etc/init.d/mailman with status|stop|start|restart options.

Note that /etc/init.d may be /etc/rc.d/init.d on some systems.

Configuration:

usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py

usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py is changed by Plesk when working with mail lists.

Mail lists:

/var/lib/mailman/lists/

Documentation:

/usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.x/