getmail_fetch (1) Linux Manual Page
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 DESTINATIONDescription
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 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.