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[[PhplistDocumentation phpList Documentation]]
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=====System requirements for phpList=====
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||{background-color:lightgrey} ||{background-color:lightgrey}**""MySQL""**||{background-color:lightgrey}4.0||{background-color:lightgrey}5.x ||
|| ||   - Charset utf8 ||(x:2) UTF8 required for charset handling ||
||{background-color:lightgrey} ||{background-color:lightgrey}**Apache**||{background-color:lightgrey}1.3||{background-color:lightgrey}2.x ||
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phpList is developed and tested with the following server software:
- **[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux GNU/Linux]]**
- **[[http://www.apache.org/ Apache web server]]**
- **[[http://www.php.net/ PHP]] version 4.3.x or higher ([[http://www.php.net/imap IMAP module]] required for bounce processing)**
- **[[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]] database server version 4.0 or higher**

The developers use the following setup:
- Ubuntu 10.04
- [[http://www.mysql.com/ Mysql 5.1.41-3]]
- [[http://php.net/ PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) ]]

===Local test setup===

phpList also runs on Windows, with Apache, PHP and ""MySQL"". We recomend [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html XAMPP server]] to run phpList on Windows for testing and development.

===""MacOSX""===

phpList also runs on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X MacOSX]], with Apache, PHP and ""MySQL"". ""MacOSX"" has Apache built-in which works fine but the PHP installation is not sufficient. We recomend the XAMPP(intel) or MAMP(PPC) mac-ready installations to run phpList on Macs.

===Microsoft IIS===

Users have also reported that phpList can be adapted for Microsoft IIS web server. This is not currently supported, but you can find more information here [[PhplistIIS phpList IIS]] or by searching the forums. It is likely that phpList runs with older versions of PHP, but it is not recommended.

=== PHP with IMAP ===

It is recommended to add [[http://www.php.net/imap IMAP]] support to your PHP installation. In order to allow phpList to automatically process your bounces, this is a requirement.

=== ADOdb support===

phpList now also incorporates [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADOdb ADOdb]] which should make it more likely to run on other database than ""MySQL"", but this has not been tested by the developers, and we have not received many reports about it yet.

===MTA===

As for the MTA (Mail Transfer Agent), the developers use Qmail, but there should not be any MTA dependency for phpList, provided sending mail from PHP works on your system.

===PHP safe mode===

It is highly recommended to run phpList with "[[http://php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php safe mode]]" in PHP off. We have done all we could to make it work in safe mode, but once you get to systems with more than 500 users, it is likely to cause problems. Also, in safe mode, the automatic bounce processing of phpList will NOT WORK.


[[PhpListConcepts Basic phpList Concepts]]
[[PhplistDocumentation phpList Documentation pages]]