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PUSH(8) | System Manager's Manual | PUSH(8) |
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¶
HISTORY¶
push
was written while waiting for
movemail
to finish getting the mail.
May 31, 1998 | HEIMDAL |