Editing Fetchmail (section)

==INTRODUCTION==

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Fetchmail is a full-featured IMAP and POP client which allows users to automatically download mail from remote IMAP and POP servers and save it into local mailboxes; there it can be accessed more easily. Fetchmail can be installed using the mail/fetchmail port, and offers various features, some of which include:

Support of POP3, APOP, KPOP, IMAP, ETRN and ODMR protocols.

Ability to forward mail using SMTP, which allows filtering, forwarding, and aliasing to function normally.

May be run in daemon mode to check periodically for new messages.

Can retrieve multiple mailboxes and forward them based on configuration, to different local users.

The fetchmail utility requires a configuration file known as .fetchmailrc, in order to run correctly. This file includes server information as well as login credentials. Due to the sensitive nature of the contents of this file, it is advisable to make it readable only by the owner, with the following command:

 chmod 600 .fetchmailrc 

It has two fundamental modes of operation for each user account from which it retrieves mail: singledrop- and multidrop-mode.


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