ListMessenger is available in two versions - Pro and Light. The Light version can be downloaded for free from the Downloads page whereas the Pro version requires purchase of a licence from the ListMessenger Members Area. You can compare both versions and their features in the table below:
| LM Light 2.2 | LM Pro 2.2 | |
| Feature | Download | Purchase |
| Subscriber Facilities | ||
| Subscriber Limitations | 200 | None |
| HTML / plain text alternate e-mails |  |
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| Closed-loop opt-in / opt-out confirmation | |
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| Automated unsubscribing links | |
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| Forward to a friend support |  |
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| Public message archive system | |
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| RSS Publishing | |
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| CAPTCHA form protection | |
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| Multi-lingual end-user tools | |
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| Control Panel: User Management Functions | ||
| Integrated subscriber history | |
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| Ability to ban e-mail addresses or entire domains | |
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| Advanced subscriber searching/sorting | |
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| Subscriber Excel & CSV importing | |
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| Subscriber CSV exporting | |
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| Control Panel: Sending Functions | ||
| Text-message spell checking (requires pSpellcompiled with PHP to function) |
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| HTML-message spell checking (requires NetSpelland IE to function) |
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| TinyMCE Rich Text Editor | |
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| TinyMCE MCImageManager Plugin | |
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| TinyMCE SpellChecker Plugin | |
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| InnovaStudio Rich Text Editor | |
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| Compose message/Queue message functionality | |
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| Post-Subscribe Auto-Reply | |
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| Post-Unsubscribe Auto-Reply | |
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| Re-send old messages | |
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| Browse message queue/sort by send status | |
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| Viewable message history | |
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| Supports multiple groups/lists | |
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| Text / HTML e-mail templates with variables | |
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| E-mail file attachments and management | |
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| Custom e-mail fields | |
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| E-mail variable support | |
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| Send mail by mail(), SMTP or Sendmail | |
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| Adjust sending speed/quantity/delay | |
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| Unlimited group levels | |
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| Multi-group sending (with duplicate removal) | |
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| Easy recovery from stalled sends | |
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| Pause / resume sending | |
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| System Features | ||
| Database table prefixes | |
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| Optional persistant database connection | |
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| 'safe_mode off' safe | |
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| 'registered_globals off' safe | |
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| 'magic_quotes_gpc off' safe | |
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| Easy installation and upgrade program | |
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| Dynamic settings and preferences | |
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| Check for latest updates | |
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| Backup & Restore system | |
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| Uses PHPMailer Mail Class | |
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| Uses ADOdb Database Class | |
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| Other | ||
| Priority support via public forums | |
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| Free support via public forums | |
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| Free upgrades to all new versions | |
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| Web based and downloable documentation | |
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| Licence management system | |
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If you are just starting out and are unsure of which version of ListMessenger to use, then we recommend starting with ListMessenger Light. It's free, and takes as little as 10 minutes to install. If you like it, then upgrading to ListMessenger Pro later is painless.
If you have any questions about ListMessenger that are not already answered on this page, please feel free to post your question in the Pre-Sales Questions section of the public forum.