Fetchmail AlternativesEmail Clients and other similar apps like Fetchmail

Fetchmail is described as 'Full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It supports every remote-mail protocol now in use on the Internet: POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP' and is a Email Client in the office & productivity category. There are 2 alternatives to Fetchmail for Linux, Python and Mac. The best Fetchmail alternative is getmail6, which is both free and Open Source.

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    getmail6

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    A mail retriever with support for POP3, POP3-over-SSL, IMAP4, IMAP4-over-SSL, and SDPS mail accounts. It supports normal single-user mail accounts and multidrop (domain) mailboxes.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Python
     
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    getmail

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    An extensible mail-retrieval program with support for POP3, IMAP, SDPS, SSL, domain mailboxes, message filtering, and other features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    getmail or fechmail, you choose

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    • getmail is Free and Open SourceFetchmail is also Free and Open Source
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