getmail (1) Linux Manual Page
getmail – retrieve messages from one or more POP3, IMAP4, or SDPS mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA
Synopsis
getmail [OPTION] …Description
getmail can retrieve messages from POP3, IMAP4, and SDPS mailboxes. SSL-wrapped POP3 and IMAP are also supported. Single-user and domain (multi-drop) mailboxes are supported. getmail has built-in support for delivering to maildirs, mboxrd-format mbox files, and external MDAs.
Options
- –version
- show program’s version number and exit
- -h, –help
- show a short usage summary and exit
- -gDIR, –getmaildir=DIR
- look in DIR for config/data files
- -rFILE, –rcfile=FILE
- load configuration from FILE (may be given multiple times)
- –dump
- dump configuration and exit (debugging)
- –trace
- print extended trace information (extremely verbose)
- -iFOLDER, –idle=FOLDER
- maintain connection and listen for new messages in FOLDER. This flag will only work if a single rc file is given, and will only work on IMAP connections where the server supports IMAP4 IDLE (RFC 2177).
The following options override any in the configuration file(s).
- -v, –verbose
- operate more verbosely (can be given multiple times)
- -q, –quiet
- do not print informational messages
- -d, –delete
- delete messages from server after retrieving
- -l, –dont-delete
- do not delete messages from server after retrieving
- -a, –all
- retrieve all messages
- -n, –new
- retrieve only unread messages
Author
Written by Charles Cazabon.Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <charlesc-getmail-bugs [at] pyropus.ca>. IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] –dump with any bug report.
Copyright
Copyright © 1998-2019 Charles CazabonThis is free software; see the file COPYING for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.