getmail

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| name = getmail

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| author = Charles Cazabon{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=361}}

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| released = {{Start date and age|1998}}

| latest release version = 5.16

| latest release date = {{Release date and age|2021|10|31}}{{cite web | url=http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG | title=CHANGELOG | access-date = 2023-03-13}}

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| operating system = Unix-like, Posix

| programming language = Python{{sfn|Sill|2003|p=434}}

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| genre = E-mail

| license = GNU General Public License v2

| website = {{URL|pyropus.ca/software/getmail/}}{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=331}}

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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}} and external arbitrary mail delivery agents.{{sfn|Orsini|2007|p=330}} Unlike fetchmail, getmail's Python foundation makes it nearly immune to buffer overflow security holes.{{citation needed|date=August 2011}} 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.