man getmail (Commandes) - retrieve messages from one or more POP3, IMAP4, or SDPS mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA
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)
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 <getmail-bugs@discworld.dyndns.org>.
IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] --dump with any bug report.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998-2005 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.