<s>
phpList	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
for	O
managing	O
mailing	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpList	B-Language
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
subject	O
to	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Affero	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
(	O
AGPL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpList	B-Language
can	O
manage	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
subscribers	O
and	O
send	O
e-mail	O
messages	O
to	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
GNU	B-Application
Mailman	I-Application
or	O
Sympa	B-Language
,	O
which	O
also	O
manage	O
large-scale	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
2	O
major	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpList	B-Language
is	O
only	O
for	O
direct	O
mail	O
,	O
not	O
for	O
discussion	O
:	O
people	O
who	O
subscribe	O
to	O
a	O
list	O
receive	O
messages	O
from	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
not	O
reply	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
discussion	O
lists	O
,	O
phpList	B-Language
allows	O
you	O
to	O
send	O
messages	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
subscribers	O
in	O
a	O
list	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
complex	O
criteria	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
administrator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpList	B-Language
allows	O
targeted	O
sending	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
sometimes	O
very	O
complex	O
criteria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Apache	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
see	O
LAMP	B-Application
but	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
phpList	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
ADOdb	B-Language
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
connectivity	O
to	O
other	O
databases	O
such	O
as	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
Sybase	O
,	O
IBM	O
DB2	O
,	O
and	O
Oracle	O
.	O
</s>
