NAME¶
push
—
fetch mail via POP
SYNOPSIS¶
push |
[ -5 |
- -krb5 ]
[-v |
- -verbose ]
[-f |
- -fork ]
[-l |
--leave ]
[- -from ]
[-c |
--count ]
[- -headers =headers ]
[-p
port-spec |
-
-port =port-spec ]
po-box
filename |
DESCRIPTION¶
push
retrieves mail from the post office box
po-box, and stores the mail in mbox format in
filename. The
po-box can have any of the following formats:
- ‘
hostname:username
’
- ‘
po:hostname:username
’
- ‘
username@hostname
’
- ‘
po:username@hostname
’
- ‘
hostname
’
- ‘
po:username
’
If no username is specified,
push
assumes
that it's the same as on the local machine;
hostname defaults to the value of the
MAILHOST
environment variable.
Supported options:
-5
,
-
-krb5
- use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)
-f
,
-
-fork
- fork before starting to delete messages
-l
,
-
-leave
- don't delete fetched mail
-
-from
- behave like from.
-c
,
-
-count
- first print how many messages and bytes there are.
-
-headers
=headers
- a list of comma-separated headers that should get printed.
-p
port-spec,
-
-port
=port-spec
- use this port instead of the default
‘
kpop
’ or
‘1109
’.
The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if that fails,
Kerberos 4.
ENVIRONMENT¶
MAILHOST
- points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.
EXAMPLES¶
$ push cornfield:roosta ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box
tries to fetch mail for the user
roosta from
the post office at “cornfield”, and stores the mail in
~/.emacs-mail-crash-box (you are using
Gnus, aren't you?)
$ push --from -5 havregryn
tries to fetch
From: lines for current user at post
office “havregryn” using Kerberos 5.
SEE ALSO¶
from(1),
pfrom(1),
movemail(8),
popper(8)
HISTORY¶
push
was written while waiting for
movemail
to finish getting the mail.