3.5.5 fetchmail

20.02.2008

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[retoh@dhcppc1 retoh]$ cat ~/.fetchmailrc
poll    pop.yourhost.org
        proto POP3
        user related_user
        password related_pass

I strongly recommend that your first fetchmail run use the -v, -a and -k options, in case there is something not quite right with your server, your local delivery configuration or your port 25 listener. Also, beware of aliases that direct your local mail back to the server host!

fetchmail -v -a -k infocopter.homelinux.org

[retoh@dhcppc1 retoh]$ fetchmail -v -a -k localhost
Enter password for retoh@localhost: 
fetchmail: 5.9.12 querying localhost (protocol auto) at Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST): poll started
fetchmail: 5.9.12 querying localhost (protocol IMAP) at Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST): poll started
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] localhost.localdomain IMAP4rev1 2001.315 at Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST)
fetchmail: IMAP> A0001 CAPABILITY
fetchmail: IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN
fetchmail: IMAP< A0001 OK CAPABILITY completed
fetchmail: IMAP> A0002 LOGIN "retoh" ""
fetchmail: IMAP< A0002 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND] User retoh authenticated
fetchmail: IMAP> A0003 SELECT "INBOX"
fetchmail: IMAP< * 0 EXISTS
fetchmail: IMAP< * 0 RECENT
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1] UID validity status
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
fetchmail: IMAP< * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Permanent flags
fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed
fetchmail: No mail for retoh at localhost.localdomain
fetchmail: IMAP> A0004 LOGOUT
fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE localhost.localdomain IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection
fetchmail: IMAP< A0004 OK LOGOUT completed
fetchmail: 5.9.12 querying localhost (protocol IMAP) at Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST): poll completed
fetchmail: 5.9.12 querying localhost (protocol auto) at Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:23:52 +0200 (CEST): poll completed
fetchmail: normal termination, status 1

run as daemon:

fetchmail -d 900 [infocopter.homelinux.org]


fetchmail -d 900 -p POP3 [infocopter.homelinux.org]
fetchmail -d 900 -p POP3 [infocopter.homelinux.org] [--port 110]

Linux Reference

3.5.5 fetchmail

run as daemon:

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