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Fetch email from a remote server to a local user mailbox

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: November 2, 2006]

Q. How do I fetch email from a remote server to a local user mailbox (localhost or desktop Linux system) ?

A. You need to use simple program called fetchmail. It is an utility which retrieves email from remote mailservers and delivers it to the local mail server or MTA. The fetchmail utility supports following common mail-retrieval protocols:
POP3
IMAP4
POP2 etc

You need to create a .fetchmailrc file in your home directory i.e. /home/you/.fetchmailrc and setup permission to 644.

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  1. Chandrakant Says:

    i want to configure of redhat linux server and configure so pleas help me how to configure web server and mail server and samba server ftp & telnet & scp & ssh & squide proxy & firewall with ip table and more so pleas help me and send me document off this particular topik

  2. Manan patel Says:

    How can i open file with .laf extensions in
    linux and windows?what application requires for it?

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