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Free Mail Retrieval Agent

getmail is a simple mail retrieval agent intended as a replacement for fetchmail, implemented in Python. It can retrieve mail from POP3, IMAP4, and Standard Dial-up POP3 Service servers, with or without SSL. It supports simple and domain (multidrop) mailboxes, mail filtering via any arbitrary program, and supports a wide variety of mail destination types, including mboxrd, maildir, and external arbitrary mail delivery agents. Unlike fetchmail, getmail's Python foundation makes it nearly immune to buffer overflow security holes. It also has a simpler configuration syntax than fetchmail, but supports fewer authentication protocols. The software can also function as a basic mail delivery agent.

Getmail is free software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License 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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References

  1. Orsini 2007, p. 330. - Orsini, Rob (16 January 2007). Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596554644. https://books.google.com/books?id=6cn1K2flOc4C&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA329 ↩

  2. Sill 2003, p. 434. - Sill, Dave (19 September 2003). The qmail Handbook. Apress. ISBN 9781430211341. https://books.google.com/books?id=yUUnCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA372 ↩

  3. Orsini 2007, p. 330. - Orsini, Rob (16 January 2007). Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596554644. https://books.google.com/books?id=6cn1K2flOc4C&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA329 ↩

  4. Sill 2003, p. 434. - Sill, Dave (19 September 2003). The qmail Handbook. Apress. ISBN 9781430211341. https://books.google.com/books?id=yUUnCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA372 ↩

  5. "Back up Gmail on Linux with Getmail". 17 March 2008. https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/back_up_gmail_on_linux_with_getmail-2/ ↩

  6. Orsini 2007, p. 330. - Orsini, Rob (16 January 2007). Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596554644. https://books.google.com/books?id=6cn1K2flOc4C&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA329 ↩

  7. Orsini 2007, p. 330. - Orsini, Rob (16 January 2007). Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596554644. https://books.google.com/books?id=6cn1K2flOc4C&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA329 ↩

  8. Sill 2003, p. 361. - Sill, Dave (19 September 2003). The qmail Handbook. Apress. ISBN 9781430211341. https://books.google.com/books?id=yUUnCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA372 ↩

  9. Sill 2003, p. 361. - Sill, Dave (19 September 2003). The qmail Handbook. Apress. ISBN 9781430211341. https://books.google.com/books?id=yUUnCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA372 ↩