getmail is a secure mail retriever, fast, flexible, reliable and can be used by anyone.
This tool was designed to replace other mail retrievers such as fetchmail.
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Here are some key features of "getmail":
· simple to install, configure, and use
· retrieve virtually any mail
support for accessing mailboxes with the following protocols:
· POP3
· POP3-over-SSL
· IMAP4
· IMAP4-over-SSL
· SDPS (Demon UK's extensions to POP3)
· support for single-user and domain mailboxes
· retrieve mail from an unlimited number of mailboxes and servers
· can remember which mail it has already retrieved, and can be set to only download new messages
· support for message filtering, classification, and annotation by external programs like spam filters and anti-virus programs
· support for delivering messages to different destinations based on the message recipient
· reliability
· native safe and reliable delivery support for maildirs and mboxrd files, in addition to delivery through arbitrary external message delivery agents (MDAs)
· does not destroy information by rewriting mail headers
· does not cause mail loops by doing SMTP injection, and therefore does not require that you run an MTA (like qmail or sendmail) on your host
· written in Python, and therefore easy to extend or customize
· a flexible, extensible architecture so that support for new mail access protocols, message filtering operations, or destination types can be easily added
· cross-platform operation; getmail 4 should work on Unix/Linux, Macintosh, and other platforms. Windows support available under the free Cygwin package.
· winner of various software awards, including DaveCentral's "Best of Linux.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· retrieve Gmail metadata (labels, thread ID, message ID) via IMAP extension and record it in new message headers. Thanks: Krzysztof Warzecha.
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