getmail_fetch (1) Linux Manual Page
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.ca>.
IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] –dump with any bug report.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998-2019 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.