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.