fetchmail
E41803
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fetchmail canonical | 1 |
| https://www.fetchmail.info/ | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
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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 Raymond
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surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
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| configurationFile | .fetchmailrc ⓘ |
| configurationStyle | plain text configuration file ⓘ |
| designGoal |
act as a gateway between remote mailboxes and local mail systems
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provide robust, scriptable mail retrieval ⓘ |
| developer |
Eric Raymond
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surface form:
Eric S. Raymond
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| distribution | included in many Linux distributions ⓘ |
| 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 |
fetchmail
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
https://www.fetchmail.info/
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| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| notablePublication | The Cathedral and the Bazaar (describes fetchmail development) ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
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Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ RPCSEC_GSS ⓘ
surface form:
GSSAPI
Gmail IMAP access ⓘ Gmail POP3 access ⓘ IMAP ⓘ Kerberos ⓘ NTLM ⓘ ODMR ⓘ POP2 ⓘ POP3 ⓘ RPOP ⓘ TLS ⓘ
surface form:
SSL/TLS
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| 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 ⓘ |
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