<s>
Majordomo	B-Language
is	O
a	O
mailing	O
list	O
manager	O
(	O
MLM	O
)	O
developed	O
by	O
Brent	O
Chapman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
works	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
sendmail	B-Application
on	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
related	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
majordomo	B-Language
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Latin	O
"	O
major	O
domus	O
"	O
meaning	O
"	O
master	O
of	O
the	O
house	O
"	O
;	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
the	O
word	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
household	O
's	O
chief	O
servant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Majordomo	B-Language
is	O
1.94.5	O
,	O
released	O
19	O
January	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
website	O
warns	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
with	O
Perl	B-Language
versions	O
5.001	O
and	O
5.005_01	O
specifically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
recommends	O
to	O
use	O
Perl	B-Language
4.036	O
or	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Perl	B-Language
4.036	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
kept	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
LISTSERV	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
IBM	O
VM	O
mainframes	O
,	O
and	O
automated	O
mailing	O
lists	O
on	O
a	O
large	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
those	O
hosting	O
providers	O
were	O
subsequently	O
bought	O
out	O
by	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
and	O
merged	O
into	O
its	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Majordomo	B-Language
has	O
been	O
in	O
widespread	O
use	O
since	O
1992	O
,	O
predating	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
in	O
an	O
era	O
when	O
many	O
people	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
email	O
but	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
did	O
not	O
enjoy	O
wide	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
mailing	O
lists	O
still	O
use	O
Majordomo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
18	O
May	O
2004	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
work	O
being	O
done	O
to	O
completely	O
rewrite	O
Majordomo	B-Language
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
keeping	O
the	O
familiar	O
email	O
interface	O
while	O
greatly	O
improving	O
the	O
web	O
interface	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
coding	O
effort	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Majordomo	B-Language
2	O
and	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
project	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Majordomo	B-Language
is	O
community-supported	O
source	O
available	O
software	O
;	O
the	O
license	O
states	O
"	O
No	O
part	O
of	O
Majordomo	B-Language
may	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
any	O
program	O
or	O
other	O
product	O
that	O
is	O
sold	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
which	O
any	O
revenue	O
is	O
received	O
without	O
written	O
permission	O
of	O
Great	O
Circle	O
Associates	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
exceptions	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
this	O
:	O
"	O
You	O
may	O
install	O
Majordomo	B-Language
at	O
your	O
site	O
and	O
run	O
mailing	O
lists	O
for	O
other	O
(	O
sic	O
)	O
using	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
charge	O
for	O
that	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
may	O
install	O
Majordomo	B-Language
at	O
other	O
sites	O
,	O
and	O
charge	O
for	O
your	O
time	O
to	O
install	O
,	O
configure	O
,	O
customize	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
may	O
charge	O
for	O
enhancements	O
you	O
've	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
Majordomo	B-Language
software	O
,	O
subject	O
to	O
the	O
distribution	O
restrictions	O
listed	O
[	O
in	O
the	O
license ]	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
may	O
not	O
charge	O
for	O
the	O
Majordomo	B-Language
software	O
itself	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
