Majordomo (software)
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Majordomo is a mailing list manager (MLM) developed by Brent Chapman. It is written in Perl and works in conjunction with sendmail on UNIX and related operating systems. The name is derived from Latin "majordomo" meaning "master of the house"; in English, the word refers to a large household's chief servant.
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Original author(s) | Brent Chapman |
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Initial release | June 1992; 31 years ago (1992-06)[1] |
Final release | 1.94.5
/ 19 January 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01-19) |
Written in | Perl |
Operating system | Unix |
Type | Mailing lists |
License | Freeware[2] |
Website | old |
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The current version of Majordomo is 1.94.5, released 19 January 2000.[3]
The official website warns that it will not work with Perl versions 5.001 and 5.005_01 specifically. It recommends to use Perl 4.036 or the latest version available. Support for Perl 4.036 may not be kept for the future.[4]