# Getmail

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{{Short description|Mail retrieval agent}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = getmail
| logo =
| screenshot =
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| author = Charles Cazabon{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=361}}
| developer =
| released = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| latest release version = 5.16
| latest release date = {{Release date and age|2021|10|31}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG | title=CHANGELOG | access-date = 2023-03-13}}</ref>
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| operating system = [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like), [Posix](/source/Posix)
| programming language = [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)){{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}}
| platform =
| language =
| genre = [E-mail](/source/E-mail)
| license = [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License) v2
| website = {{URL|pyropus.ca/software/getmail/}}{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=331}}
}}

'''getmail''' is a simple [mail retrieval agent](/source/mail_retrieval_agent) intended as a replacement for [fetchmail](/source/fetchmail), implemented in [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)).{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} It can retrieve mail from [POP3](/source/Post_Office_Protocol),{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}} [IMAP4](/source/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol),{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} and ''Standard Dial-up POP3 Service'' servers, with or without [SSL](/source/Transport_Layer_Security).  It supports simple and domain (multidrop) mailboxes, [mail filter](/source/mail_filter)ing via any arbitrary program, and supports a wide variety of mail destination types, including [mboxrd](/source/mboxrd), [maildir](/source/maildir),{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}}<ref name="lifehacker"/> and external arbitrary [mail delivery agent](/source/mail_delivery_agent)s.{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} It also has a simpler configuration syntax than fetchmail, but supports fewer authentication protocols. The software can also function as a basic [mail delivery agent](/source/mail_delivery_agent).{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}}

Getmail is [free software](/source/free_software) and is licensed under the [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License) version 2.{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=361}}  It is written and maintained by Charles Cazabon.{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=361}}

The original getmail software requires Python 2, which is no longer supported. A fork named getmail6, which is not from getmail's original author, provides Python 3 support.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[Mail retrieval agent](/source/Mail_retrieval_agent)
*[fetchmail](/source/fetchmail)
*[fdm](/source/fdm_(software))
*[OfflineIMAP](/source/OfflineIMAP)

==References==
<references>
<ref name="lifehacker">{{cite web|url=https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/back_up_gmail_on_linux_with_getmail-2/|title=Back up Gmail on Linux with Getmail|date=17 March 2008}}</ref>
</references>

===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |title=Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby |first=Rob |last=Orsini |publisher=[O'Reilly Media](/source/O'Reilly_Media) |date=16 January 2007 |isbn=9780596554644 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cn1K2flOc4C&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA329}}
* {{cite book |title=The qmail Handbook |first=Dave |last=Sill |date=19 September 2003 |publisher=[Apress](/source/Apress) |isbn=9781430211341 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUUnCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22getmail%22&pg=PA372}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|pyropus.ca/software/getmail/}}
*[https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6 getmail6 fork]
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Category:Free email software
Category:Free software programmed in Python
Category:Email clients

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