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.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.