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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 AT pyropus DOT 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.

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