How can I use fetchmail instead of SMTP?
If your fetchmail configuration sets a local MDA (see the –mda option), it will be used directly instead of talking SMTP to port 25. If the program fetchmailconf is available, it will assist you in setting up and editing a fetchmailrc configuration.
What are the modes of operation of fetchmail?
If fetchmail is used with a POP or an IMAP server, it has two fundamental modes of operation for each user account from which it retrieves mail: singledrop – and multidrop -mode. In singledrop-mode, fetchmail assumes that all messages in the user’s account are intended for a single recipient.
When to use singledrop mode in fetchmailrc?
The identity of the recipient will either default to the local user currently executing fetchmail, or will need to be explicitly specified in the configuration file. fetchmail uses singledrop-mode when the fetchmailrc configuration contains at most a single local user specification for a given server account.
How does the fetchmail function in Linux work?
Displays the version information for your copy of fetchmail. No mail fetch is performed. Instead, for each server specified, all the option information that would be computed if fetchmail were connecting to that server is displayed. Any non-printables in passwords or other string names are shown as backslashed C-like escape sequences.
Is the fetchmail manual available in other languages?
Fetchmail’s run-time strings have been translated (localized) to some languages, but the manual is only available in English. In some situations, for comparing output to manual, it may be helpful to switch fetchmail to English output by overriding the locale variables, for instance: or similar.
What do you need to know about fetchmail?
] fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches mail from remote mailservers and forwards it to your local (client) machine’s delivery system. You can then handle the retrieved mail using normal mail user agents such as mutt (1), elm (1) or Mail (1).