Dada Mail

Dada Mail

File:Dada mail.gif
Original author(s)	Justin Simoni
Stable release	4.0.2 / January 6, 2010
Written in	Perl
Operating system	Cross platform
Available in	Many languages
Development status	Mature
Type	Electronic mailing lists
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://www.dadamailproject.com

Dada Mail is a web-based electronic mailing list management system that can be used for announcement lists. It can also be used to create and manage discussion lists, if you activate and configure an included plug-in called Dada Bridge, for which you will need to set a cron task.

Dada Mail is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License and written in Perl.

Features

Dada Mail handles Closed-Loop Opt-in subscriptions and Close-Loop Opt-out unsubscriptions, sending complex announce-only and/or discussion mailing list messages, archiving/viewing/searching/resending/syndicating (rss, atom) sent messages.

Unlike more traditional electronic mailing list software, like Majordomo (software) there is no email interface to send commands to Dada Mail. Rather, most all administration of the mailing list is done using a web-based control panel. Closed-Loop Opt-in subscriptions are done via sending a confirmation email message, but the actual mechanism is simply a unique confirmation URL.

History

Dada Mail was initially written in December 1999 and released as version 1.0 in January 2000, between Justin's first and second semester at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Its original name was Mojo Mail, a name that came to Justin after having a dream about making a successor to the program, Majordomo (software), after struggling with that program's email-based interface for a non-profit client.

"Mojo" itself is a reference to The Doors' song, L.A. Woman and the specific stanza from the lyrics,

Mr. Mojo Risin'

Which is an Anagram of Jim Morrison.

The name of this specific program was changed on December 1, 2003, after Justin Simoni received a letter from a lawyer representing Mediaplex Inc. that the name was in violation of their trademark. The name was changed to, Dada Mail. Dada is a direct reference to the early 20th century anti-art movement. Justin considers Dada Mail a conceptual work of art. [1]

See also

• Electronic mailing list
• Majordomo (software)
• phplist
• GNU Mailman
• ezmlm
• Sympa
• LISTSERV

External links

Official web sites

• Dada Mail homepage
• Dada Mail Support page
• Dada Mail at Sourceforge
• Dada Mail at GitHub

Reviews

• Dada Mail 2.10.8
• Dada Mail Manager
• "Justin Simoni Announces New Name For Mailing List Manager, Turns Programming Project into Art". mojo.skazat.com. http://mojo.skazat.com/project/press_release_12_01_03.html.