UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

Hello group,

I'm running a FreeBSD system at home which acts as a file server and
mail server. We also pay for some mail boxes and web site. At the
moment, e-mail goes to our mail provider then is forwarded to this home
system. The idea is that all e-mails that are received are archived and
users can then manage their mailboxes however they want.

I'm finding this setup a little bloated and insecure for the job that's
doing. It's also a problem when the internet connection goes down or
the server is turned off. I'd prefer to have a program that connects
our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it hasn't seen
before and then disconnects.

Can anyone recommend one?

Cheers,

Alex

Re: UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

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Alex Allan writes:

> the server is turned off. I'd prefer to have a program that connects
> our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it hasn't seen
> before and then disconnects.
>
> Can anyone recommend one?

fetchmail



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Re: UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

"Alex Allan" wrote in message
news:1143666861.727649.226590@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com

> I'd prefer to have a program that
> connects our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it
> hasn't seen before and then disconnects.

That's what fetchmail is for: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail

Re: UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

Sam wrote:
> Alex Allan writes:
>
>> the server is turned off. I'd prefer to have a program that connects
>> our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it hasn't seen
>> before and then disconnects.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend one?
>
>
> fetchmail

With the negative effect that the envelope gets lost :-(

--Frank Elsner

Re: UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

This is a MIME GnuPG-signed message. If you see this text, it means that
your E-mail or Usenet software does not support MIME signed messages.
The Internet standard for MIME PGP messages, RFC 2015, was published in 1996.
To open this message correctly you will need to install E-mail or Usenet
software that supports modern Internet standards.

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Frank Elsner writes:

> Sam wrote:
>> Alex Allan writes:
>>
>>> the server is turned off. I'd prefer to have a program that connects
>>> our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it hasn't seen
>>> before and then disconnects.
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend one?
>>
>>
>> fetchmail
>
> With the negative effect that the envelope gets lost :-(

That's not fetchmail's fault. The envelope gets lost because of the entire
boneheaded setup that involves an intermediate mailbox. By the time
fetchmail enters the picture, the envelope is already gone.



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Re: UNIX Mail "Fetcher"

Sam wrote:
> Frank Elsner writes:
>
>> Sam wrote:
>>
>>> Alex Allan writes:
>>>
>>>> the server is turned off. I'd prefer to have a program that connects
>>>> our provider's POP3 server, downloads messages that it hasn't seen
>>>> before and then disconnects.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend one?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> fetchmail
>>
>>
>> With the negative effect that the envelope gets lost :-(
>
>
> That's not fetchmail's fault. The envelope gets lost because of the
> entire boneheaded setup that involves an intermediate mailbox. By the
> time fetchmail enters the picture, the envelope is already gone.

You are correct.

It's the fact that the mail already was delivered when fetchmail starts.


--Frank Elsner