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getmail_fetch

NAME

getmail_fetch − retrieve messages from one or more POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA

SYNOPSIS

getmail_fetch [OPTIONS] SERVER USERNAME PASSWORD DESTINATION

DESCRIPTION

getmail_fetch retrieves messages from POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and delivers to a maildir, mboxrd, or external MDA. This command is intended primarily for scripting, and as such does not require a client-side configuration file, and does not record any state.

The DESTINATION argument is interpreted as follows:

If it begins with a dot or a slash and ends with a slash, it is assumed to be a path to a maildir.

If it begins with a dot or a slash and does not end with a slash, it is assumed to be a path to an mboxrd file.

If it begins with a pipe, it is assumed to be a path to an external MDA command. Note that arguments can be included in this string by separating them by whitespace; untrusted data must not be used in constructing this string.

OPTIONS

−−version

show program’s version number and exit

−h, −−help

show a short usage summary and exit

−v, −−verbose

output information messages while running

−q, −−quiet

output only on error

−mFILE, −−message=FILE

read well-formatted RFC822 message from FILE and deliver prior to connecting to POP server

−pPORT, −−port=PORT

use port PORT instead of default (POP3: 110, POP3-over-SSL: 995)

−d, −−delete

delete messages from server after delivery

−tTIMEOUT, −−timeout=TIMEOUT

use timeout of TIMEOUT seconds instead of default 180

−a, −−apop

use APOP authentication

−s, −−ssl

use POP3-over-SSL

AUTHOR

Written by Charles Cazabon.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <charlesc-getmail-bugs AT pyropus DOT ca>.

IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] --dump with any bug report.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1998-2009 Charles Cazabon
This is free software; see the file COPYING for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for getmail is maintained in HTML and plaintext formats. See the included files for details.

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