Getmail

Infobox Software
name = getmail



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author = Charles Cazabon
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released = 1998
latest release version = 4.8.1
latest release date = March 26, 2008
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operating system = Linux, Unix, Posix
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genre = E-mail
license = GNU General Public License v2
website = http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/

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.

Getmail is free software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. It is written and maintained by Charles Cazabon.

External links

* [http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/ getmail homepage]
* [http://pages.interlog.com/~tcharron/getmail.html Getmail for Windows] a separately developed proprietary software package by the same name.

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