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getmail(1)							   User Commands							getmail(1)

NAME
getmail - retrieve messages from one or more POP3, IMAP4, or SDPS mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA SYNOPSIS
getmail [OPTION] ... DESCRIPTION
getmail can retrieve messages from POP3, IMAP4, and SDPS mailboxes. SSL-wrapped POP3 and IMAP are also supported. Single-user and domain (multi-drop) mailboxes are supported. getmail has built-in support for delivering to maildirs, mboxrd-format mbox files, and external MDAs. OPTIONS
--version show program's version number and exit -h, --help show a short usage summary and exit -gDIR, --getmaildir=DIR look in DIR for config/data files -rFILE, --rcfile=FILE load configuration from FILE (may be given multiple times) --dump dump configuration and exit (debugging) --trace print extended trace information (extremely verbose) The following options override any in the configuration file(s). -v, --verbose operate more verbosely (can be given multiple times) -q, --quiet do not print informational messages -d, --delete delete messages from server after retrieving -l, --dont-delete do not delete messages from server after retrieving -a, --all retrieve all messages -n, --new retrieve only unread messages AUTHOR
Written by Charles Cazabon. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <charlesc-getmail-bugs@pyropus.ca>. IMPORTANT: include the output of getmail [options] --dump with any bug report. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1998-2009 Charles Cazabon This is free software; see the file COPYING for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for getmail is maintained in HTML and plaintext formats. See the included files for details. getmail 4 August 2004 getmail(1)

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MOVEMAIL(1)							   User Commands						       MOVEMAIL(1)

NAME
movemail - move messages across mailboxes. SYNOPSIS
movemail.mailutils [OPTION...] inbox-url destfile [POP-password] DESCRIPTION
GNU movemail -- move messages across mailboxes. --emacs output information used by Emacs rmail interface --ignore-errors try to continue after errors -p, --preserve, --keep-messages preserve the source mailbox --program-id=FMT set program identifier for diagnostics (default: program name) -P, --owner=MODELIST control mailbox ownership -r, --reverse reverse the sorting order -u, --uidl use UIDLs to avoid downloading the same message twice -v, --verbose increase verbosity level --tls[=BOOL] enable TLS support Common options --config-file=FILE, --rcfile=FILE load this configuration file --config-help show configuration file summary --config-lint, --rcfile-lint check configuration file syntax and exit --config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose verbosely log parsing of the configuration files --no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile do not load site configuration file --no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile do not load user configuration file --set=PARAM=VALUE set configuration parameter --show-config-options show compilation options Global debugging settings --debug-level=LEVEL set Mailutils debugging level --debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages --license print license and exit --debug-auth debug authentication functions -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
The complete GNU mailutils manual is not available in Debian systems due to licensing reasons. You can find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html. Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailu- tils upstream authors. FSF
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