IMAP with fetchmail

Hallo!

I am a linux (suse9.1) newbee and try to configure my system to get mail
via fetchmail -procmail and send with postfix. -For pop3 this works
well, but I have no idea how to get the whole IMAP folder with ists
subfolders like sent-mail from my provider's imap server to my local dir.
-no idea how to use the fetchmail -r or -folder option, if this would be
the right one ;-)

Thanks a lot for your help!


Christian

Christian wrote:

> Hallo!
>
> I am a linux (suse9.1) newbee and try to configure my system to get mail
> via fetchmail -procmail and send with postfix. -For pop3 this works
> well, but I have no idea how to get the whole IMAP folder with ists
> subfolders like sent-mail from my provider's imap server to my local dir.
> -no idea how to use the fetchmail -r or -folder option, if this would be
> the right one ;-)
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!

To collect mail from my ISPs POP server, I use "fetchmail -d 120", run under
the user's ID. The 120 sets the mail check interval to 120 seconds.

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poll imap.mailserver.com with proto IMAP
user "(E-Mail Removed)" there with password "password"
folder 'inbox','otherfolder1','otherfolder2'

where replace imap.mailserver.com with your imap server and other details.

hth

raqueeb hassan
bangladesh