GETMAIL(1)

NAME
getmail - retrieve mail from one or more POP3 accounts

SYNOPSIS
getmail [OPTION] ...

DESCRIPTION
getmail - POP3 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and command delivery.

OPTIONS

-h or --help
    display brief usage information and exit

-V or --version
    display version information and exit

-g or --getmaildir <dir>
    use <dir> for getmail data directory (default: ~/.getmail/)

-r or --rcfile <filename>
    use <filename> for getmailrc file (default: <getmaildir>/getmailrc)

-t or --timeout <secs>
    set socket timeout to <secs> seconds (default: 180 seconds)

--dump
    dump configuration and quit (debugging)

--trace
    debugging output to stdout

The following options override those specified in any getmailrc file. If contradictory options are specified (i.e. --delete and --dont-delete), the last one one is used.

-d or --delete
    delete mail after retrieving

-l or --dont-delete
    leave mail on server after retrieving (default: leave on server)

-a or --all
    retrieve all messages

-n or --new
    retrieve only unread messages (default: all messages)

-v or --verbose
    be verbose during operation

-q or --quiet
    be quiet during operation (default: verbose)

-m or --message-log <file>
    log retrieval info to <file>

BUGS
Bugs should be reported to the getmail users mailing list: <getmail@discworld.dnsalias.org>

AUTHOR
Written by Charles Cazabon <getmail @ discworld.dyndns.org>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001 Charles Cazabon

Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. See the file COPYING for details.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for getmail is maintained in HTML and plaintext formats. Please see the files docs.html (or docs.txt) and faq.html (or faq.txt) included in the getmail package for details. A sample getmailrc file is also included in the file getmailrc-example.