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Note
Users are not required to place their password in the
.fetchmailrc
file. Omitting
the
with password '<password>'
section causes Fetchmail to ask for a
password when it is launched.
Fetchmail has numerous global, server, and local options. Many of these options are rarely
used or only apply to very specific situations. The
fetchmail
man page explains each option in
detail, but the most common ones are listed here.
3.3.2. Global Options
Each global option should be placed on a single line after a
set
action.
•
daemon <seconds>
— Specifies daemon-mode, where Fetchmail stays in the background.
Replace
<seconds>
with the number of seconds Fetchmail is to wait before polling the server.
•
postmaster
— Specifies a local user to send mail to in case of delivery problems.
•
syslog
— Specifies the log file for errors and status messages. By default, this is
/var/log/maillog
.
3.3.3. Server Options
Server options must be placed on their own line in
.fetchmailrc
after a
poll
or
skip
action.
•
auth <auth-type>
— Replace
<auth-type>
with the type of authentication to be used. By
default,
password
authentication is used, but some protocols support other types of
authentication, including
kerberos_v5
,
kerberos_v4
, and
ssh
. If the
any
authentication type
is used, Fetchmail first tries methods that do not require a password, then methods that mask
the password, and finally attempts to send the password unencrypted to authenticate to the
server.
•
interval <number>
— Polls the specified server every
<number>
of times that it checks for
email on all configured servers. This option is generally used for email servers where the user
rarely receives messages.
•
port <port-number>
— Replace
<port-number>
with the port number. This value overrides
the default port number for the specified protocol.
•
proto <protocol>
— Replace
<protocol>
with the protocol, such as
pop3
or
imap
, to use
when checking for messages on the server.
•
timeout <seconds>
— Replace
<seconds>
with the number of seconds of server inactivity
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