getmail
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: August 2004
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NAME
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@pyropus.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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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