man push (Administration système) - push

NAME

push - fetch mail via POP

SYNOPSIS

[-4 | --krb4] [-5 | --krb5] [-v | --verbose] [-f | --fork] [-l | -leave] [--from] [-c | -count] [--headers Ns = Ns headers]--port Ns = Ns port-specpo-boxfilename

DESCRIPTION

retrieves mail from the post office box po-box , and stores the mail in mbox format in filename . The po-box can have any of the following formats:

Ql hostname:username
Ql po:hostname:username
Ql username@hostname
Ql po:username@hostname
Ql hostname
Ql po:username

If no username is specified, assumes that it's the same as on the local machine; hostname defaults to the value of the MAILHOST environment variable.

Supported options:

Xo
-4 , --krb4 use Kerberos 4 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 4)
Xo
-5 , --krb5 use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)
Xo
-f , --fork fork before starting to delete messages
Xo
-l , --leave don't delete fetched mail
Xo
--from behave like from.
Xo
-c , --count first print how many messages and bytes there are.
Xo
--headers Ns = Ns headers a list of comma-separated headers that should get printed.
Xo
-p port-spec , --port Ns = Ns port-spec use this port instead of the default or

The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if that fails, Kerberos 4.

ENVIRONMENT

MAILHOST
points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.

EXAMPLES

$ push cornfield:roosta ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box

tries to fetch mail for the user roosta from the post office at and stores the mail in ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box (you are using Gnus, aren't you?) $ push --from -5 havregryn

tries to fetch lines for current user at post office using Kerberos 5.

SEE ALSO

from(1) ,pfrom(1) ,movemail(8) ,popper()

HISTORY

was written while waiting for movemail to finish getting the mail.