GNU Mailman
E898100
GNU Project software
email list management software
free software
mailing list engine
mailing list manager
open-source software
web-based administration interface
web-based archiver
GNU Mailman is a widely used open-source mailing list management software that automates the administration and distribution of email discussion and announcement lists.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mailman 2 | 4 |
| Mailman 3 | 4 |
| GNU Mailman canonical | 3 |
| Mailman Core | 2 |
| GNU Mailman mailing list manager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10983665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNU Mailman Context triple: [Barry Warsaw, knownFor, GNU Mailman]
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A.
Mailman family
The Mailman family is a philanthropic American family known for its substantial charitable contributions, including major support for public health and higher education institutions.
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B.
Mozilla mailing lists
Mozilla mailing lists are email-based discussion forums used by the Mozilla community and teams to coordinate development, share updates, and collaborate on projects.
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C.
MUTT
MUTT is the common nickname for the M151 MUTT, a lightweight military utility vehicle used extensively by the U.S. armed forces during the Cold War era.
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D.
YAM (Yet Another Mailer)
YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a graphical email client originally developed for Amiga-like operating systems, offering POP3/IMAP support and a classic, configurable interface.
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E.
Gnus
Gnus is a flexible and extensible message reader for news and email, tightly integrated with the Emacs text editor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNU Mailman Target entity description: GNU Mailman is a widely used open-source mailing list management software that automates the administration and distribution of email discussion and announcement lists.
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A.
Mailman family
The Mailman family is a philanthropic American family known for its substantial charitable contributions, including major support for public health and higher education institutions.
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B.
Mozilla mailing lists
Mozilla mailing lists are email-based discussion forums used by the Mozilla community and teams to coordinate development, share updates, and collaborate on projects.
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C.
MUTT
MUTT is the common nickname for the M151 MUTT, a lightweight military utility vehicle used extensively by the U.S. armed forces during the Cold War era.
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D.
YAM (Yet Another Mailer)
YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a graphical email client originally developed for Amiga-like operating systems, offering POP3/IMAP support and a classic, configurable interface.
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E.
Gnus
Gnus is a flexible and extensible message reader for news and email, tightly integrated with the Emacs text editor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU Project software
ⓘ
email list management software ⓘ free software ⓘ mailing list engine ⓘ mailing list manager ⓘ mailing list manager ⓘ mailing list manager ⓘ open-source software ⓘ web-based administration interface ⓘ web-based archiver ⓘ |
| component |
HyperKitty
ⓘ
Mailman Core ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Mailman
Postorius ⓘ |
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ |
| feature |
announcement lists
ⓘ
automatic subscription management ⓘ bounce processing ⓘ built-in archiver Pipermail ⓘ
linked to:
Mailman
command-line administration tools ⓘ digest delivery ⓘ discussion lists ⓘ email list archiving ⓘ email-based list commands ⓘ integrated web UI ⓘ internationalization support ⓘ moderation controls ⓘ per-user delivery options ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ spam filtering integration ⓘ web-based administration interface ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Mailman 2
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Mailman
Mailman 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Mailman
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
GNU/Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Project ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Python
ⓘ
Python ⓘ Python ⓘ |
| supportsIntegrationWith |
Exim
ⓘ
Postfix ⓘ Sendmail ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
NNTP ⓘ SMTP ⓘ |
| useCase |
managing email announcement lists
ⓘ
managing email discussion lists ⓘ |
| website | https://www.list.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GNU Mailman Description of subject: GNU Mailman is a widely used open-source mailing list management software that automates the administration and distribution of email discussion and announcement lists.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman
linked to: GNU Mailman