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.TH fetchmail 1 "fetchmail 6.3.2" "fetchmail" "fetchmail reference manual"
.SH NAME
fetchmail \- fetch mail from a POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR-capable server

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBfetchmail\fR [\fIoption...\fR] [\fImailserver...\fR]
.br
\fBfetchmailconf\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
.I fetchmail
is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches mail from
remote mailservers and forwards it to your local (client) machine's
delivery system. You can then handle the retrieved mail using normal
mail user agents such as \fImutt\fR(1), \fIelm\fR(1) or \fIMail\fR(1).
The \fIfetchmail\fR utility can be run in a daemon mode to repeatedly
poll one or more systems at a specified interval.
.PP
The
.I fetchmail
program can gather mail from servers supporting any of the common
mail-retrieval protoco
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mutt(1), elm(1), mail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8), imapd(8), netrc(5)

The fetchmail home page: <http://fetchmail.berlios.de/>

The maildrop home page: <http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/>
.SH APPLICABLE STANDARDS
.PP
Note that this list is just a collection of references and not a
statement as to the actual protocol conformance or requirements in
fetchmail.
.TP 5
SMTP/ESMTP:
RFC 821, RFC 2821, RFC 1869, RFC 1652, RFC 1870, RFC 1983, RFC 1985,
RFC 2554.
.TP 5
mail:
RFC 822, RFC 2822, RFC 1123, RFC 1892, RFC 1894.
.TP 5
POP2:
RFC 937
.TP 5
POP3:
RFC 1081, RFC 1225, RFC 1460, RFC 1725, RFC 1734, RFC 1939, RFC 1957,
RFC 2195, RFC 2449.
.TP 5
APOP:
RFC 1460, RFC 1725, RFC 1939.
.TP 5
RPOP:
RFC 1081, RFC 1225.
.TP 5
IMAP2/IMAP2BIS:
RFC 1176, RFC 1732.
.TP 5
IMAP4/IMAP4rev1:
RFC 1730, RFC 1731, RFC 1732, RFC 2060, RFC 2061, RFC 2195, RFC 2177,
RFC 2683.
.TP 5
ETRN:
RFC 1985.
.TP 5
ODMR/ATRN:
RFC 2645.
.TP 5
OTP:
RFC 1938.
.TP 5
LMTP:
RFC 2033.
.TP 5
GSSAPI:
RFC 1508.
.TP 5
TLS:
RFC 2595.