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Fetchmail

Fetchmail is a 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...

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Linux
  • Xfce
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  1.  Command line interface
  2.  IMAP Support
  3.  POP3 Support

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  • download-emails
  • Xfce
  • inbox-backup
  • email-download

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  • Developed by

    Rob Funk, Graham Wilson, Matthias Andree
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    2 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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What is Fetchmail?

Fetchmail is a 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, all flavors of IMAP, ETRN, and ODMR. It can even support IPv6 and IPSEC.

Fetchmail retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it via SMTP, so it can then be read by normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm(1) or BSD Mail. It allows all your system MTA's filtering, forwarding, and aliasing facilities to work just as they would on normal mail.

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