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.