1 # fetchmail control file sample (remove this header comment from yours!)
3 # This file (or one of your own creation, rather) should be located
4 # in your home directory with the name .fetchmailrc. Permissions on this
5 # file may be no greater than -rw------- (0600), or fetchmail will refuse to
8 # To see what effect your ~/.fetchmailrc file has, do
12 # This will display the fetchmail version number and an explanation
13 # in English of what the currently set options and defaults mean.
15 # Comments begin with a '#' and extend through the end of the line.
16 # Blank lines between server entries are ignored.
17 # Keywords and identifiers are case sensitive.
18 # When there is a conflict between the command-line arguments and the
19 # arguments in this file, the command-line arguments take precedence.
21 # The run control file format is fully described (with more examples) on the
22 # fetchmail manual page.
24 # This is what the former developer's .fetchmailrc looks like:
26 set daemon 300 # Sleep 300 seconds after the poll, then poll again.
29 # only poll when the sl0 interface is up (only available on some systems)
30 interface "sl0/10.0.2.15" # SLIRP standard address
31 # log in with name "esr" and do multidrop fetch for the users
32 # esr, fetchmail-friends, and magic-numbers
33 user esr is esr fetchmail-friends magic-numbers here
34 # fetch (and delete after retrieval) all messages
37 # Use this for production
38 poll imap.example.org protocol IMAP:
39 # do not use MX lookups to check of server aliases, but pass
41 no dns, aka snark.thyrsus.com thyrsus.com locke.example.org example.org
42 password my_remote_password;
44 # Use this to test POP3
45 skip pop3.example.org with protocol APOP:
46 # do not use MX lookups to check of server aliases, but pass
48 no dns, aka snark.thyrsus.com thyrsus.com locke.example.org example.org
49 password my_apop_secret;
51 # Use this to test against a different server - it is skipped unless
52 # you give its name on fetchmail's command line.
54 password my_netaxs.password;