Information about the package, mailman, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mailman package is designed for, Mailing list manager with built in Web access.
Package Name:
mailman
Summary:
Mailing list manager with built in Web access
URL:
Description:
Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a webpage, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the Web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the Web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail <-> news gateways, and so on. Documentation can be found in: /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.12 When the package has finished installing, you will need to perform some additional installation steps, these are described in: /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.12/INSTALL.REDHAT
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.1.12
Release:
26.el6_9.3
Size:
7.4 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the mailman package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mailman
This command will install mailman on the server.
yum remove mailman
This command will un-install mailman on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mailman, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mailman
This command will un-install mailman on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mailman when using the -y flag.
yum update mailman
This command will update mailman to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mailman, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mailman
This command will update mailman to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mailman when using the -y flag.
yum info mailman
This command will show you core information about the mailman package.
yum deplist mailman
This command will show you the dependencies for mailman. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update mailman
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mailman. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.