---
name: "pilot-mail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pilot-link"
version: "0.9.5.0-8"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pilot-mail"
---

# pilot-mail(1)

transfer mail to and from a Palm Pilot

## NAME

pilot-mail - transfer mail to and from a Palm Pilot

## SYNOPSIS

**pilot-mail** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **pilot-mail** command.

**pilot-mail** is a program that synchronises mail between the Mail application on a Palm Pilot and a POP3 mailbox or MH mail folder and sends any outbound mail from the Palm.  Not all Palms will have the mail application available.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.  Each option may be set either on the command line or using an environment variable.  If a command line option is present it overrides the environment variable.

- **-p port**

  Serial port to use.  Defaults to none.

- **-h host**

  Host to download POP3 mail from.  Defaults to none.

- **-u username**

  User name to use when fetching POP3 mail.  No default.

- **-P password**

  Password to use when fetching POP3 mail.  No default.

- **-f address**

  Value of "From:" header to use in outgoing messages.  Default is provided by **[sendmail(1)](/sendmail/1.md)**.

- **-s command**

  Command used to invoke **[sendmail(1)](/sendmail/1.md)**.  Defaults to "/usr/lib/sendmail -t -i".  If a null value is specified then mail will not be sent.

- **-k \<keep\|delete\>**

  Keep or delete mail on POP server after transferring it to Pilot. Default is to keep mail.

- **-d \<keep\|delete\|file\>**

  Disposition of mail sent from Pilot.  Default is to keep the mail.

- **-m mhdir**

  MH spool directory to download to Pilot.  Default is none.

## ENVIRONMENT

Defaults for all command line options can be set using these environment variables.

- **PILOTPORT**

  Serial port to use.  Defaults to none.

- **POPHOST**

  POP3 host to download mail from.  Defaults to none.

- **POPUSER**

  User name to use when fetching mail with POP3.  No default.

- **POPPASS**

  Password to use when fetching POP3 mail.  No default.

- **PILOTFROM**

  Value of "From:" header to use in outgoing messages.  Default is provided by **[sendmail(1)](/sendmail/1.md)**.

- **SENDMAIL**

  Command used to invoke **[sendmail(1)](/sendmail/1.md)**.  Defaults to "/usr/lib/sendmail -t -i".  If a null value is specified then mail will not be sent.

- **POPKEEP**

  Keep or delete mail on POP server after transferring it to Pilot.  Can be either "keep" or "delete", defaulting to "keep".

- **TOPILOT\_MHDIR**

  MH spool directory to download to Pilot.  Default is none.

## SECURITY

If the POP3 password is specified on the command line other users on the system will be able to view it while **pilot-mail** using (for example) **[ps(1)](/ps/1.md)**.

## AUTHORS

**pilot-mail was written by Kenneth Albanowski** **\<kjahds@kjahds.com\>.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown** **\<broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be** **used by others).**