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PUSH(8) BSD System Manager’s Manual PUSH(8)

NAME

push — fetch mail via POP

SYNOPSIS

push [−4 −-krb4] [−5 −-krb5] [−v −-verbose] [−f −-fork] [−l −-leave] [−-from] [−c −-count] [−-headers=headers] [

−p port-spec |
−-port
=port-spec ] po-box filename

DESCRIPTION

push retrieves mail from the post office box po-box, and stores the mail in mbox format in filename. The po-box can have any of the following formats:

‘hostname:username’
‘po:hostname:username’
‘username@hostname’
‘po:username@hostname’
‘hostname’
‘po:username’

If no username is specified, push assumes that it’s the same as on the local machine; hostname defaults to the value of the MAILHOST environment variable.

Supported options:

−4, −-krb4

use Kerberos 4 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 4)

−5, −-krb5

use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)

−f, −-fork

fork before starting to delete messages

−l, −-leave

don’t delete fetched mail

−-from

behave like from.

−c, −-count

first print how many messages and bytes there are.

−-headers=headers

a list of comma-separated headers that should get printed.

−p port-spec, −-port=port-spec

use this port instead of the default ‘kpop’ or ‘1109’.

The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if that fails, Kerberos 4.

ENVIRONMENT
MAILHOST

points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.

EXAMPLES

$ push cornfield:roosta ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box

tries to fetch mail for the user roosta from the post office at ‘‘cornfield’’, and stores the mail in ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box (you are using Gnus, aren’t you?)

$ push --from -5 havregryn

tries to fetch From: lines for current user at post office ‘‘havregryn’’ using Kerberos 5.

SEE ALSO

from(1), pfrom(1), movemail(8), popper(8)

HISTORY

push was written while waiting for movemail to finish getting the mail.

HEIMDAL May 31, 1998 HEIMDAL

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