Fetchmail without an mda

fetchmail

I would like to retrieve mail from a server using fetchmail and have it deposit it directly into an mailbox/repository and not hand it off to a mda.
Is this possible? How?

In the alternate, is there an mda which simply recieves things from er fetchamil and stores them in some sort of repository without doing any processing?

Best Answer

Use the mda option in your .fetchmailrc to specify maildrop or procmail as your MDA.

mda "/usr/bin/maildrop"

This will deposit the mail in the system mailbox (typically /var/spool/mail/handygandy or /var/mail/handygandy). If you want it elsewhere, or if you want to dispatch the mails based on their content, write a ~/.mailfilter file.

to mail/fetched
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