Ubuntu Manpage: fdm — fetch and deliver mail

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NAME

       fdm — fetch and deliver mail

SYNOPSIS

       fdm [-hklmnqv] [-a account] [-D name=value] [-f conffile] [-u user] [-x account] [fetch | poll | cache]

DESCRIPTION

The fdm program fetches mail from a POP3 or IMAP server or from stdin and delivers it based on a ruleset
in the configuration file.

The options are as follows:

-a name
Process only the specified account. This option may appear multiple times. The account name may
include shell glob characters to match multiple accounts.

-D name=value
This option defines a macro for use when parsing the configuration file. The macro name must be
prefixed with $ or % to specify a string or numeric macro. This option may appear multiple
times.

-f conffile
Specify the configuration file location. Default is ~/.fdm.conf, or /etc/fdm.conf if that
doesn't exist.

-h Look at the HOME environment variable to ascertain the user's home directory.

-k Keep all mail after delivery, regardless of whether it matches a drop action. Note that mails
kept in this way will be refetched by fdm if it is run again on the same account.

-l Log using syslog(3) rather than to stderr.

-m Ignore the lock file and run regardless of other instances of fdm.

-n Do not process any accounts, just verify the configuration file syntax and exit.

-q Quiet mode. Only print errors.

-u user
Specify the default user for delivery. This overrides the default-user option in the
configuration file.

-v Request verbose logging. This option may be specified multiple times. -vv will print
information on configuration (useful with -n). -vvvv duplicates all traffic to and from remote
servers to stdout. This feature is disabled when using the -l flag.

-x name
Exclude the named account. Multiple -x options may be specified. As with -a, shell glob
characters may be used.

fetch | poll | cache
The fetch command instructs fdm to fetch and deliver messages. The poll command polls the
accounts in the configuration file and reports a message count for each. cache allows fdm cache
files to be manipulated: see the next section.

CACHE COMMANDS

       The following cache manipulation commands are supported:

       cache add path string

       cache remove path string
               Add or remove string as a key in the cache at path.

       cache list [path]
               List the number of keys in the specified cache, or if path is omitted, in all caches declared  in
               the configuration file.

       cache dump path
               Dump  the  contents of the cache path to stdout.  Each key is printed followed by a space and the
               timestamp as Unix time.

       cache clear path
               Delete all keys from the cache at path.

FILES

       ~/.fdm.conf
               default fdm configuration file
       /etc/fdm.conf
               default system-wide configuration file
       ~/.fdm.lock
               default lock file
       /var/db/fdm.lock
               lock file for root user

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