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getmail

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
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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

-g DIR , --getmaildir = DIR

look in DIR for config/data files

-r FILE , --rcfile = FILE

load configuration from FILE (may be given multiple times)

--dump

dump configuration and exit (debugging)

--trace

print extended trace information (extremely verbose)

-i FOLDER , --idle = FOLDER

maintain connection and listen for new messages in FOLDER . This flag will only work if a single rc file is given, and will only work on IMAP connections where the server supports IMAP4 IDLE (RFC 2177).

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 and others.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues>

IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] --dump with any bug report.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1998-2025 Charles Cazabon and others.
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.