| Port details on branch 2026Q2 |
- fetchmail Batch mail retrieval utility for IMAP/POP3/ETRN/ODMR
- 6.6.6 mail
 =0      6.6.6Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: chalpin@cs.wisc.edu
- Port Added: 2026-06-23 23:27:05
- Last Update: 2026-06-25 00:12:33
- Commit Hash: d14ecf7
- License: GPLv2+
- WWW:
- https://www.fetchmail.info/
- Description:
- Fetchmail is a full-featured IMAP/POP2/POP3/APOP/KPOP/ETRN/ODMR client with
easy configuration, daemon mode, forwarding via SMTP or local MDA, and
superior reply handling. It is used to handle intermittent email connections
by acting as a coupling that seamlessly batch forwards fetched mail from your
mail server to your local delivery system, allowing you to read it with your
favourite mail user agent. Fetchmail also includes useful spam filtering and
multi-user functions.
A typical use of fetchmail is to connect to your ISP's POP3 server,
downloading your mail into the INBOX on your local computer. You may then
read the mail, offline if you want, using pine, mutt, or any standard mail
user agent.
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- Manual pages:
-
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
-
- Dependency lines:
-
- fetchmail>0:mail/fetchmail
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install mail/fetchmail
- pkg install fetchmail
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: fetchmail
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1782339834
SHA256 (fetchmail-6.6.6.tar.xz) = da99f8c573c4d9e63f493c7e24447126aea25b53b4c076ec79266874e29b1975
SIZE (fetchmail-6.6.6.tar.xz) = 1086000
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Slave ports:
-
- mail/fetchmailconf
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
- pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
- gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
- gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools
- Library dependencies:
-
- libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
- This port is required by:
- for Build
-
- mail/fetchmailconf
- for Run
-
- mail/fetchmailconf
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for fetchmail-6.6.6:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
NLS=on: Native Language Support
OPIE=off: Build with OPIE support (deprecated - weak/broken cryptography)
RPA=on: Build with RPA support (deprecated - weak/broken cryptography)
====> GSSAPI Security API support: you have to select exactly one of them
GSSAPI_BASE=on: GSSAPI support via base system (needs Kerberos)
GSSAPI_HEIMDAL=off: GSSAPI support via security/heimdal
GSSAPI_MIT=off: GSSAPI support via security/krb5
GSSAPI_NONE=off: Disable GSSAPI support
====> Secure network connection support via TLS: you have to select exactly one of them
OPENSSL=on: SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL
WOLFSSL=off: SSL/TLS support via wolfSSL
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- mail_fetchmail
- USES:
- cpe gmake localbase:ldflags pkgconfig tar:xz gssapi gettext ssl
- FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
- Master Sites:
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
6.6.6
25 Jun 2026 00:12:33
 |
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Corey Halpin |
mail/fetchmail{,conf}: Update 6.6.5 => 6.6.6 (critical bugfix for imap)
Changelog:
https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/blob/6.6.6/NEWS#L110
PR: 296262
Sponsored by: UNIS Labs
MFH: 2026Q2
(cherry picked from commit 44305833bada607f8dd6ce2a649f11ffb3ed471e) |
6.6.5
23 Jun 2026 23:25:50
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: ml |
mail/fetchmail{,conf}: Update 6.6.4 => 6.6.5 (vulnerability fix)
Fetchmail 6.6.5 is the sixth fetchmail 6.6 release on 2026-06-17, it
fixed a buffer sizing bug in the RPA code that could crash fetchmail
due to a buffer overrun when long user names and service realm and
challenges were used, POP3 was used, the username contained
@compuserve.com and the server would offer a non-standard
"AUTH"-without-arguments request that would list RPA
(case-insensitively) as supported authentication option.
Changelog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/files/branch_6.6/
Improve mail/fetchmailconf:
- Replace PORTVERSION with DISTVERSION.
- Fix antipattern "BUILD_DEPENDS=RUN_DEPENDS".
- Fix warnings from portclippy.
PR: 296204 283227
Approved by: Corey Halpin <chalpin@cs.wisc.edu> (maintainer)
Sponsored by: UNIS Labs
Co-authored-by: Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>
MFH: 2026Q2
(cherry picked from commit 3651dfc9fcd5eb58dc06f53a45e3dba76b28f3d1) |
6.6.4
23 Jun 2026 23:25:43
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Corey Halpin |
mail/fetchmail{,conf}: Update 6.6.3 => 6.6.4
News:
https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/blob/6.6.4/NEWS
While here remove GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX - this is default value.
PR: 295178
Sponsored by: UNIS Labs
(cherry picked from commit 381f924c7dd2322bb2803799ffa03027356c2a9b) |
6.6.3
23 Jun 2026 23:25:36
|
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd)
Author: Corey Halpin |
mail/fetchmail: Update 6.6.1 => 6.6.3
While here:
* Use <bsd.port.options.mk> instead.
* Add USES=localbase:ldflags instead.
Changelog:
* Fix compilation without SSL.
* Can now be built with OpenSSL 4.0.0.
https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/blob/6.6.3/NEWS?ref_type=tags
PR: 294251
Reported by: Corey Halpin <chalpin@cs.wisc.edu> (maintainer)
Approved by: vvd (co-mentor)
(cherry picked from commit 1acb7a259430803e8efda6a8c35025119d99ac53) |
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