source: basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail.xml@ 3b5e12a

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY fetchmail-download-http "http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-&fetchmail-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY fetchmail-download-ftp  "ftp://gnome.dti.ad.jp/.1/unix/net/mail/fetchmail/fetchmail-&fetchmail-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY fetchmail-md5sum        "9956b30139edaa4f5f77c4d0dbd80225">
  <!ENTITY fetchmail-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY fetchmail-buildsize     "5.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY fetchmail-time          "0.14 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="fetchmail" xreflabel="Fetchmail">
  <?dbhtml filename="fetchmail.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Fetchmail-&fetchmail-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="fetchmail">
    <primary sortas="a-Fetchmail">Fetchmail</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Fetchmail</title>

    <para>The <application>Fetchmail</application> package contains a mail
    retrieval program. &quot;It retrieves mail from remote mail servers and
    forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery system, so it can then be
    read by normal mail user agents.&quot; </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fetchmail-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fetchmail-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &fetchmail-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &fetchmail-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &fetchmail-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &fetchmail-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fetchmail Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="openssl"/> and a local MDA (<xref linkend="procmail"/>)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="python"/> and <xref linkend="tk"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Fetchmail</title>

    <para>Install <application>Fetchmail</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --enable-fallback=procmail &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--with-ssl</parameter>: This enables SSL if found, so that
    you can handle connections to secure POP3 and IMAP servers.</para>

    <para><parameter>--enable-fallback=procmail</parameter>: This tells
    <application>Fetchmail</application> to hand incoming mail to
    <application>Procmail</application> for delivery if your port 25 mail server is
    not present or not responding.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Fetchmail</title>

    <sect3 id="fetchmail-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="fetchmail fetchmail-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.fetchmailrc">~/.fetchmailrc</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.fetchmailrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log
set no bouncemail
set postmaster root

poll SERVERNAME :
    user <replaceable>[username]</replaceable> pass <replaceable>[password]</replaceable>;
    mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f %F -d %T";</literal>
EOF

chmod -v 0600 ~/.fetchmailrc</userinput></screen>

      <para>This is an example configuration that should suffice for most people.
      You can add as many users and servers as you need using the same syntax.</para>

      <para><command>man fetchmail</command>: Look for the section near
      the bottom named <emphasis role="strong">CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES</emphasis>. It
      gives some quick examples. There are countless other config options once
      you get used to it.</para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>fetchmail and fetchmailconf</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="fetchmail-prog">
        <term><command>fetchmail</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>when executed as a user, this will source that users
          <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename> and download the appropriate mail.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fetchmail fetchmail-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-fetchmail">fetchmail</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="fetchmailconf">
        <term><command>fetchmailconf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>this program provides a <application>Tk</application>
            GUI interface to your <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename>
            file making it much easier to configure.  However, you will require
            <application>Python</application>, and it must have the Tkinker module
          available.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fetchmail fetchmailconf">
            <primary sortas="b-fetchmailconf">fetchmailconf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>