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- getmail6 POP3/IMAP4 mail retriever (Python3 fork)
- 6.20.01 mail
 =0      6.20.01Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: freebsd@michael-bueker.de
- Port Added: 2026-08-22 16:51:07
- Last Update: 2026-08-22 16:49:26
- Commit Hash: cba8a31
- Also Listed In: python
- License: GPLv2
- WWW:
- https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/
- Description:
- POP3/IMAP4 mail retriever with Maildir and command delivery (python3 fork).
Summary of features:
- Retrieve mail from an unlimited number of POP3/IMAP4 mailboxes and servers.
- Support for POP3-over-SSL and IMAP-over-SSL, as well as SDPS
WARNING: even with SSL, "no certificate or key validation is done." so
that getmail does not detect or protect from man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Support for multidrop or domain mailboxes.
- Safe and reliable delivery to qmail-style Maildirs, as well as program
(pipe) delivery for use with arbitrary external MDAs. Includes an MDA
for mbox files that supports mboxrd format and fcntl-type flock locking.
- Does not destroy information by rewriting mail headers.
- Does not cause mail loops by doing SMTP injection, and therefore does
not require that you run an MTA (like qmail or sendmail) on your host.
- Can remember which mail it has already retrieved, and can be set to
only download new messages.
- Written in Python, and therefore easy to extend or customize.
- Simple to install, configure, and use.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - There is no configure plist information for this port.
- USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
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- ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}getmail6>0:mail/getmail6@${PY_FLAVOR}
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/mail/getmail6/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install mail/getmail6
- pkg install py312-getmail6
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py312-getmail6 listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.- PKGNAME: py312-getmail6
- Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1787313200
SHA256 (getmail6-getmail6-v6.20.01_GH0.tar.gz) = d18915005052c8a065336ccc41b12148d40d4524a0ce2e8dc973b033f9b3cb14
SIZE (getmail6-getmail6-v6.20.01_GH0.tar.gz) = 219497
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- py312-setuptools>=63.1.0 : devel/py-setuptools@py312
- python3.12 : lang/python312
- Test dependencies:
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- python3.12 : lang/python312
- Runtime dependencies:
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- python3.12 : lang/python312
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for py312-getmail6-6.20.01:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- mail_getmail6
- USES:
- python shebangfix
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- This fork of getmail 5.14 was modified to work with python3. It is work in
progress, and bugs should be reported at:
https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues
- Master Sites:
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