Fetchmail also supports not deleting the emails from the remote mailserver (-k | --keep).
On 02/09/2025 22:19, Håkon Alstadheim via dovecot wrote:
Den 02.09.2025 22:44, skrev Benny Pedersen via dovecot:
Kenneth Irving via dovecot skrev den 2025-09-02 22:14:
Probably the simpest solution is to use fetchmail
with lda set in fetchmailrc
Fetchmail will automatically delete on the server after successful local delivery. I have fetchmail use the socket for dovecot-lmtp like so:
/etc/fetchmailrc: smtphost /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-lmtp
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf (or some included file):
service lmtp { process_limit = 512 unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-local-deliver/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } }
to deliver locally. Very easy setup in fetchmailrc for several remote mail-accounts allowing to deliver to the corresponding local mail address. This has been working more or less unchanged for 20 years on my box.
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Fetchmail also supports not deleting the emails from the remote mailserver (-k | --keep).
On 02/09/2025 22:19, Haakon Alstadheim via dovecot wrote:
Den 02.09.2025 22:44, skrev Benny Pedersen via dovecot:
Kenneth Irving via dovecot skrev den 2025-09-02 22:14:
Probably the simpest solution is to use fetchmail
with lda set in fetchmailrc
Fetchmail will automatically delete on the server after successful local
delivery. I have fetchmail use the socket for dovecot-lmtp like so:
/etc/fetchmailrc: smtphost /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-lmtp
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf (or some included file):
service lmtp {
process_limit = 512
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-local-deliver/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
to deliver locally. Very easy setup in fetchmailrc for several remote
mail-accounts allowing to deliver to the corresponding local mail
address. This has been working more or less unchanged for 20 years on my
box.
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