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phplist
Developer(s) Michiel Dethmers
Initial release [1]
September 26, 2003
Stable release 2.10.12 / April 23,
2010
Development status Mature
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in 25+ languages
Type Mailing lists
License GPL
Website http://www.phplist.com
phplist is an open-source mailing list manager. It is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database for storing
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information.
Premise
The software runs on a web server and allows web site administrators to set up a web based newsletter subscription
system where users can subscribe to the desired mailing lists.
It allows email messages to be sent out to a large number of subscribers and also allows email message templates to
be set up (e.g. for a consistent look and feel). It also allows the email messages being sent out to be personalised with
attributes that are unique to each subscriber.
Software features
phplist is a one-way email announcement delivery system with automated subscription management, commonly used
for newsletters, publicity lists, notifications, etc. (It is different from group mailing list systems like GNU Mailman).
phplist hosts a wide range of features: [3]
• The Web Interface lets you write and send messages, and manage phplist over the internet.
• phplist keeps sending messages from your web server after you shut down your computer.
• 100,000 + subscribers. phplist is designed to manage mailing lists with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
• Double opt-in subscription. The automated subscription management, includes the use of a 'confirm Opt in e-mail'
function which helps to avoid false subscripions, and conforms to anti-spam requirements in many countries.
• No duplicate messages. No 'forgotten' messages. phplist manages message delivery with a message queue,
ensuring that every subscriber gets the email message, and that no subscribers receive two copies, even if they're
subscribed to more than one list.
• E-mail tracking features provide message open and click tracking statistics. Message open tracking, which is
based on a tracker image, has limitations as some email clients [like Mozilla Thunderbird) and many webmail
clients (like Gmail, Hotmail, and others) will block images by default. Click tracking provides tracks links and