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getmail_fetch(1)		 User Commands		      getmail_fetch(1)

NAME
       getmail_fetch  -	 retrieve messages from one or more POP3 or POP3-over-
       SSL mailboxes and deliver to a maildir,	mboxrd-format  mbox  file,  or
       external MDA

SYNOPSIS
       getmail_fetch [OPTIONS] SERVER USERNAME PASSWORD DESTINATION

DESCRIPTION
       getmail_fetch  retrieves	 messages from POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes
       and delivers to a maildir, mboxrd, or external MDA.   This  command  is
       intended	 primarily  for	 scripting,  and  as  such  does not require a
       client-side configuration file, and does not record any state.

       The DESTINATION argument is interpreted as follows:

       If it begins with a dot or a slash and ends with a slash, it is assumed
       to be a path to a maildir.

       If it begins with a dot or a slash and does not end with a slash, it is
       assumed to be a path to an mboxrd file.

       If it begins with a pipe, it is assumed to be a path to an external MDA
       command.	  Note	that arguments can be included in this string by sepa‐
       rating them by whitespace; untrusted data must  not  be	used  in  con‐
       structing this string.

OPTIONS
       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show a short usage summary and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      output information messages while running

       -q, --quiet
	      output only on error

       -mFILE, --message=FILE
	      read  well-formatted  RFC822 message from FILE and deliver prior
	      to connecting to POP server

       -pPORT, --port=PORT
	      use port PORT instead of default (POP3: 110, POP3-over-SSL: 995)

       -d, --delete
	      delete messages from server after delivery

       -tTIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
	      use timeout of TIMEOUT seconds instead of default 180

       -a, --apop
	      use APOP authentication

       -s, --ssl
	      use POP3-over-SSL

AUTHOR
       Written by Charles Cazabon.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <charlesc-getmail-bugs@pyropus.ca>.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1998-2009 Charles Cazabon
       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.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for getmail is maintained in HTML and plaintext
       formats.	 See the included files for details.

getmail 4			 November 2005		      getmail_fetch(1)

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