getmail_fetch(1)
NAME
getmail_fetch - retrieve messages from one or more POP3 or POP3-overSSL 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@pyropus.ca>.
IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] --dump with any bug
report.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998-2007 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.