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Fetchmail

Fetchmail
Fetchmailconf01.png
Screenshot of fetchmail launcher
Original author(s)Eric S. Raymond
Stable release6.3.21 / August 21, 2011; 18 months ago (2011-08-21)[1]
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeE-mail
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.fetchmail.info

Fetchmail is an open source software utility for POSIX-compliant operating systems which is used to retrieve e-mail from a remote POP3, IMAP, ETRN or ODMR mail server to the user's local system. It was developed from the popclient program, written by Carl Harris.[2]

Its chief significance is perhaps that its author, Eric S. Raymond, used it as a model to discuss his theories of open source software development in a widely read and influential essay on software development methodologies, The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

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Design

By design Fetchmail's only means of delivering messages is by submitting them to the local MTA/Message transfer agent; delivering directly to mail folders such as maildir is not supported.

Some programmers, including Dan Bernstein, getmail creator Charles Cazabon and FreeBSD developer Terry Lambert, have criticized Fetchmail's design,[3] its number of security holes,[4] and that it was prematurely put into "maintenance mode". In 2004, a new team of maintainers took over Fetchmail development,[5] and laid out development plans that in some cases broke with design decisions that Eric Raymond had made in earlier versions.[6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "File Release Notes and Changelog". 2011-08-21. http://developer.berlios.de/project/s hownotes.php?group_id=1824&releas e_id=18743. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  2. ^ Raymond, Eric. "'Eric S. Raymond's former Design Notes On Fetchmail'". http://www.fetchmail.info/esrs-design -notes.html. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
  3. ^ Lambert, Terry. "'UUCP must stay; fetchmail sucks (was list 'o things)'". http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cg i?fetch=585008+0+archive/2001/freebsd -arch/20010218.freebsd-arch. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  4. ^ Cazabon, Charles. "'getmail frequently asked questions'". http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/fa q.html#faq-about-why. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  5. ^ "'Developer History'". http://www.fetchmail.info/. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  6. ^ "'Design Notes On Fetchmail'". http://www.fetchmail.info/design-note s.html. Retrieved 2007-04-05.

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