Bill Cole writes:

Mailman v2.2.0 is an apparently proprietary product from cPanel.

Mailman v2 is under the GNU GPL v2, so please use "commercial" rather than "proprietary".

The GPL does not require publication of your sources, only source distribution under the GPL to your users, who get all the rights they need for free software. I am quite sure cPanel respects the terms of the license, and I always have respected them for that. It is a legal business decision to distribute source *only* to your users. We can disagree with that decision on various grounds, of course, but it has no effect on the freedom or legitimacy of that version of Mailman.

As you correctly point out, it does restrict the availability of support for cPanel Mailman 2.2 users to the vendor currently. The GNU Mailman Project has no interest in providing it now or in the future.

Regards, Steve

Thanks. I was not aware, and apologize for the bother. I'll take this matter up with cPanel.

Jim

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM Bill Cole < mailmanu-20190215@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:

This list is for support of GNU Mailman, a legacy tool whose latest version is 2.1.39. It will *never* have a version 2.2.x

Instead there's an entirely distinct GNU Mailman v3, supported on its own mailing list.

Mailman v2.2.0 is an apparently proprietary product from cPanel. Support for it is best sought from cPanel, wherever they may provide support.

On 2025-03-29 at 19:04:09 UTC-0400 (Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:04:09 -0400) Webmaster EnergyJustice via Mailman-Users <ejnwebmaster@gmail.com> is rumored to have said:

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My user is getting this error when they try to enter any of the name-augmented mass subscription formats in the guide:

https://wiki.list.org/DOC/How%20can%20I%20Mass%20Subscribe%20a%20list%20with...

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I've tried other formats to no avail. I can enter plain email addresses with no difficulties.

I've poked around the archives and can find nothing relevant, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right way/place.

I've also updated mailman, but this seems like something our Linux/cPanel system is interfering with.

I welcome and appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.

Thanks, Jim

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