- Getmail
Infobox Software
name = getmail
caption =
author = Charles Cazabon
developer =
released = 1998
latest release version = 4.8.1
latest release date =March 26 ,2008
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating system =Linux ,Unix ,Posix
platform =
language =
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 forfetchmail , 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 filter ing via any arbitrary program, and supports a wide variety of mail destination types, includingmboxrd ,maildir , and external arbitrarymail delivery agent s.Getmail is
free software and is licensed under theGNU 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 developedproprietary software package by the same name.References
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