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Mailman documentation

Some Mailman documentation is available on these wiki pages and some is available on the Mailman website. In general though, this wiki will have the most up-to-date documentation as it's much easier to edit these pages than push out new web page documentation. Please read the above docs first though, and then check back here for more updated information.

Note that you can search the wiki documentation using the search box on the upper right. You may also want to search the Mailman-users archives to see if other people have had similar questions. If you can't find your answer here, you can post your question to the Mailman-users list.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Frequently Asked Questions are now available in the wiki. Please feel free to add any new questions/answers as you see fit!

List Members / Subscribers

The Mailman 2.1 Members Manual is intended for the subscribers of Mailman lists. It includes basic subscription/unsubscription information as well as more advanced features such as topics, vacation settings, etc.

There is also a section on help for mailing list members in the FAQ.

List Administrators

The Mailman 2.1 List Administrators Manual is intended for the owners of Mailman lists. This manual is NOT complete, but does explain many of the features available in the Mailman 2.1 list administration interface.

There is also a section on list administrator tasks in the FAQ.

Site Administrators

The Mailman 2.1 Site Administration Manual contains information useful to system administrators who maintain Mailman installations. This document is not yet complete.

The Installation requirements may also be useful for site administrators.

There is also a section on site administrator tasks in the FAQ, as well as sections on downloading and installing Mailman and integration issues, both of which may be helpful to site administrators installing and configuring Mailman.

Translations

~terri's Mailman 2.1 Members Manual has been translated to Spanish by Pablo Chamorro C. View GNU Mailman Manual del Suscriptor de Listas in HTML or in PDF format (approx. 132k), DVI format (approx. 104k), PS format (approx. 160k), or Plain text format (approx. 76k).

Older documentation

~Terri's Mailman documentation on her personal website The latest version of these documents is the wiki

Old documentation from the Mailman website:

GNU Mailman - List Member Manual by Terri Oda takes a question-and-answer approach to helping end-users perform basic tasks in Mailman. Also available in PDF format (approx. 93k), PS format (approx. 124k), and plain text format (approx. 64k). on the Mailman website

This documentation is now part of the wiki. Latest version is here

GNU Mailman - List administrator's Manual by Terri Oda is available, but not yet complete. This is also available in PDF format (approx. 84k), PS format (approx. 121k), and Plain text format (approx. 65k)

This documentation is now part of the wiki. Latest version is here

Chris Kolar has made available a Mailman user guide for end-users interacting with a Mailman 2.0 system. This documentation has not been updated for Mailman 2.1

Books

English

At present there are no English books on Mailman available. If you're interested in co-authoring such a book, contact Barry Warsaw.

German

Heiko Rommel: Mailman \-\- Mailinglisten einrichten und verwalten

©2007 Open Source Press München
ISBN 978-3-937514-32-1

Sample chapter on How to handle Bounces (PDF)
Table of Contents (PDF)

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+ * [[http://list.org/mailman-member/|GNU Mailman - List Member Manual]] by [[http://terri.zone12.com|Terri Oda]] takes a question-and-answer approach to helping end-users perform basic tasks in Mailman. Also available in [[http://list.org/mailman-member.pdf|PDF format]] (approx. 93k), [[http://list.org/mailman-member.ps|PS format]] (approx. 124k), and [[http://list.org/mailman-member.txt|plain text format]] (approx. 64k). on the [[http://list.org|Mailman website]]
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 * [[http://list.org/mailman-admin/|GNU Mailman - List administrator's Manual]] by [[http://terri.zone12.com|Terri Oda]] is available, but not yet complete.  This is also available in [[http://list.org/mailman-admin.pdf|PDF format]] (approx. 84k), [[http://list.org/mailman-admin.ps|PS format]] (approx. 121k), and [[http://list.org/mailman-admin.txt|Plain text format]]  (approx. 65k) 
'''This documentation is now part of the wiki.  Latest version is [[../Mailman 2.1 List Administrators Manual|here]]'''

[[http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar|Chris Kolar]] has made available a [[http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar/mailman/|Mailman user guide]] for end-users interacting with a Mailman 2.0 system. 
'''This documentation has not been updated for Mailman 2.1'''