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|Full description=Fetchmail is a remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility for use 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, ESMTP ETRN ,IPv6. and IPSEC. It retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it via SMTP, so normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm or BSD Mail can read it. An MTA's filtering, forwarding, and aliasing facilities work just as they would on normal mail. It supports APOP, KPOP, OTP, Compuserve RPA, Microsoft NTLM, and IMAP RFC1731 encrypted authentication methods to avoid sending passwords en clair, and can support end-to-end encryption via tunneling with ssh. Fetchmail can start automatically and silently as a system daemon at boot time. You can edit its dotfile directly, or use the interactive GUI configurator (fetchmailconf) supplied with the distribution.
 
|Full description=Fetchmail is a remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility for use 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, ESMTP ETRN ,IPv6. and IPSEC. It retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it via SMTP, so normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm or BSD Mail can read it. An MTA's filtering, forwarding, and aliasing facilities work just as they would on normal mail. It supports APOP, KPOP, OTP, Compuserve RPA, Microsoft NTLM, and IMAP RFC1731 encrypted authentication methods to avoid sending passwords en clair, and can support end-to-end encryption via tunneling with ssh. Fetchmail can start automatically and silently as a system daemon at boot time. You can edit its dotfile directly, or use the interactive GUI configurator (fetchmailconf) supplied with the distribution.
 
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|Status=Live
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|Component programs=fetchmailconf
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|Homepage URL=http://developer.berlios.de/projects/fetchmail/
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|VCS checkout command=
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|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=
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|Paid support=
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|IRC help=
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|IRC general=
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|IRC development=
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|Related projects=animail,mutt,Elm,Getmail,Balsa,MH-E
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|Keywords=TCP/IP,email,remote,SMTP,PPP,pine,SLIP,fetchmail,mail retrieval,mail reading,protocal
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|Is GNU=n
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Last review date=2005-10-31
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Version identifier=6.2.9-rc7 devel
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|Version identifier=6.2.5.2
 
|Version date=2005-07-24
 
|Version date=2005-07-24
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
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|Version download=
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|Version download=http://download.berlios.de/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.2.5.2.tar.gz
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|License verified date=2002-04-08
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|Version comment=6.2.5.2 stable released 2005-07-24
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}}
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{{Person
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|Role=Maintainer
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|Real name=Matthias Andree
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|Email=matthias.andree@gmx.de
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|Resource URL=
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}}
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{{Person
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|Role=Contributor
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|Real name=Eric S. Raymond
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|Email=esr@thyrsus.com
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|Resource URL=
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?group_id=1824
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://developer.berlios.de/svn/?group_id=1824
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Help
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
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|Resource URL=http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-announce
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
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|Resource URL=http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-devel
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Support
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
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|Resource URL=http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-users
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}}
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{{Software category
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|Email software=mail-client
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|Interface=command-line,daemon,x-window-system
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|Use=email
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|Works-with=email
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=GPLv2orlater
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|License verified by=Janet Casey
 
|License verified date=2002-04-08
 
|License verified date=2002-04-08
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|Version comment=6.2.9-rc7 devel released 2005-10-31
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 12 April 2011



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Fetchmail

http://developer.berlios.de/projects/fetchmail/
Fetchmail is a remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility for use 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, ESMTP ETRN ,IPv6. and IPSEC. It retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it via SMTP, so normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm or BSD Mail can read it. An MTA's filtering, forwarding, and aliasing facilities work just as they would on normal mail. It supports APOP, KPOP, OTP, Compuserve RPA, Microsoft NTLM, and IMAP RFC1731 encrypted authentication methods to avoid sending passwords en clair, and can support end-to-end encryption via tunneling with ssh. Fetchmail can start automatically and silently as a system daemon at boot time. You can edit its dotfile directly, or use the interactive GUI configurator (fetchmailconf) supplied with the distribution.

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released on 24 July 2005

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Licensing

LicenseVerified byVerified onNotes
GPLv2orlaterJanet Casey8 April 2002



Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
"Email matthias.andree@gmx.de" Matthias Andree Maintainer
"Email esr@thyrsus.com" Eric S. Raymond Contributor


Resources and communication

Audience Resource type URI
Support Mailing List Info/Archive http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-users
Bug Tracking VCS Repository Webview
Developer VCS Repository Webview
Help Mailing List Info/Archive http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-announce
Developer Mailing List Info/Archive http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-devel


Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 31 October 2005.



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