getmail


getmail is a mail retriever designed to allow you to get your mail from one or more mail accounts on various mail servers to your local machine for reading with a minimum of fuss. getmail is designed to be secure, flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use.

Configuration

Retrieving email

Here is an example configuration file used with a thunix account:

[retriever]
type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server = thunix.net
username = user
port = 995
password_command = ("/path/to/password-retriever", "-p", "myaccount@thunix.net")

[destination]
type = Maildir
path = ~/Maildir/inbox/
``

If the default filename (getmailrc) is not used then one can retrieve email by executing `$ getmail --rcfile thunix`, replace thunix with the filename used.

#### Password management

Passwords can be directly stored in the config file instead of using an external password retriever. To store password in config file use "password" parameter:

password = correct horse battery staple



This is not recommended, you should instead use an external retriever if possible. If "password" parameter is used then users should set right permission for ".getmail" directory, use `$ mkdir -m 0700 ~/.getmail` to create the directory.

### Related

- [getmail documentation](http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/)
- [getmail - Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getmail)