getmail

getmail is a simple <a href="/facts/Mail_retrieval_agent/9B6bt3HB">mail retrieval agent</a> intended as a replacement for <a href="/facts/Fetchmail/g0sraILY">fetchmail</a>, implemented in <a href="/facts/Python_/YbuGqofa">Python</a>. It can retrieve mail from <a href="/facts/Post_Office_Protocol/QCp6qJQm">POP3</a>, <a href="/facts/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol/QMnyvUwk">IMAP4</a>, and Standard Dial-up POP3 Service servers, with or without <a href="/facts/Transport_Layer_Security/pGy16TnA">SSL</a>. It supports simple and domain (multidrop) mailboxes, <a href="/facts/Mail_filter/aKxq5uSf">mail filtering</a> via any arbitrary program, and supports a wide variety of mail destination types, including <a href="/facts/Mboxrd/r6eBSz0L">mboxrd</a>, <a href="/facts/Maildir/styR8olS">maildir</a>, and external arbitrary <a href="/facts/Mail_delivery_agent/Syntl05o">mail delivery agents</a>. Unlike <a href="/facts/Fetchmail/g0sraILY">fetchmail</a>, getmail's Python foundation makes it nearly immune to <a href="/facts/Buffer_overflow/uMFduL4B">buffer overflow</a> security holes. It also has a simpler configuration syntax than fetchmail, but supports fewer authentication protocols. The software can also function as a basic <a href="/facts/Mail_delivery_agent/Syntl05o">mail delivery agent</a>.
Getmail is <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a> and is licensed under the <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GNU General Public License</a> version 2. It is written and maintained by Charles Cazabon.
The original getmail software requires Python 2, which is no longer supported. A fork named getmail6, which is not from getmail's original author, provides Python 3 support.

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