fetchmail
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Unix-like system software
email retrieval utility
free software
mail transport agent
open-source software
fetchmail is a widely used open-source remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility for Unix-like systems, designed to fetch email from POP/IMAP servers and deliver it to local mail clients or servers.
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| instanceOf |
Unix-like system software
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email retrieval utility → free software → mail transport agent → open-source software → |
| author |
Eric S. Raymond
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| configurationFile |
.fetchmailrc
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| configurationStyle |
plain text configuration file
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| designGoal |
act as a gateway between remote mailboxes and local mail systems
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provide robust, scriptable mail retrieval → |
| developer |
Eric S. Raymond
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| distribution |
included in many Linux distributions
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| feature |
IDLE support for IMAP
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SMTP delivery to local MTA → bounced mail handling → daemon mode → foreground mode → local delivery via MDA → logging → mail forwarding → multidrop mailbox support → multiple server polling → remote mail retrieval → scheduled polling via cron → support for IPv6 → support for SSL-encrypted connections → support for STARTTLS → support for UIDL in POP3 → |
| homepage |
https://www.fetchmail.info/
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| license |
GNU General Public License
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| notablePublication |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar (describes fetchmail development)
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| operatingSystem |
BSD
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Linux → Unix-like systems → macOS → |
| programmingLanguage |
C
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| securityFeature |
supports SSL/TLS for secure mail retrieval
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supports encrypted authentication methods → |
| supportsProtocol |
APOP
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CRAM-MD5 → ETRN → GSSAPI → Gmail IMAP access → Gmail POP3 access → IMAP → Kerberos → NTLM → ODMR → POP2 → POP3 → RPOP → SSL/TLS → |
| useCase |
centralizing mail from multiple remote accounts
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delivering mail to local mail transfer agents → delivering mail to local mail user agents → fetching email from remote IMAP servers → fetching email from remote POP servers → |
Referenced by (2)
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fetchmail
("https://www.fetchmail.info/")
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homepage |
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Eric Raymond
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softwareDeveloped |