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

from(1), pfrom(1), movemail(8), popper(8)

HISTORY

push was written while waiting for movemail to finish getting the mail.