{{Short description|Mail retrieval agent}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox software | name = getmail | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | 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> | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | operating system = Unix-like, Posix | programming language = Python{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}} | platform = | language = | genre = E-mail | license = GNU General Public License v2 | website = {{URL|pyropus.ca/software/getmail/}}{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=331}} }}
'''getmail''' is a simple mail retrieval agent intended as a replacement for fetchmail, implemented in Python.{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} It can retrieve mail from POP3,{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}} IMAP4,{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} 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,{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}}<ref name="lifehacker"/> and external arbitrary mail delivery agents.{{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.{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}}
Getmail is free software and is licensed under the 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 *fetchmail *fdm *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=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |title=Rails Cookbook: Recipes for Rapid Web Development with Ruby |first=Rob |last=Orsini |publisher=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 |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] {{E-mail clients}}
Category:Free email software Category:Free software programmed in Python Category:Email clients
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