Fetchmail

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Fetchmail is a command that allows you to fetch mail from a mail account onto your computer. It is useful when setting up a mail server.

Install it

To install fetchmail, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly

SUSE Linux 12.1 x64

To install fetchmail under SUSE Linux 12.1 x64, open a console as root and enter

killall packagekitd
yast -i fetchmail

Example

fetchmail -p pop3 -u 131313 -v pop.gmx.net

Asks for a password and fetches the mail of user 131313 from the pop3 server pop.gmx.net.

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