NAME

       push — fetch mail via POP

SYNOPSIS

       push   [-5  |  --krb5]  [-v  |  --verbose]  [-f  |  --fork]  [-l  |  --leave]  [--from]  [-c  |  --count]
            [--headers=headers] [-p port-spec | --port=port-spec] po-box filename

DESCRIPTION

       push retrieves mail from the post office box po-box, and stores the mail in mbox format in filename.  The
       po-box can have any of the following formats:
             ‘hostname:username’
             ‘po:hostname:username’
             ‘username@hostname’
             ‘po:username@hostname’
             ‘hostname’
             ‘po:username’

       If no username is specified, push assumes that it's the same as on the local machine;  hostname  defaults
       to the value of the MAILHOST environment variable.

       Supported options:

       -5, --krb5
               use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)

       -f, --fork
               fork before starting to delete messages

       -l, --leave
               don't delete fetched mail

       --from  behave like from.

       -c, --count
               first print how many messages and bytes there are.

       --headers=headers
               a list of comma-separated headers that should get printed.

       -p port-spec, --port=port-spec
               use this port instead of the default ‘kpop’ or ‘1109’.

       The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if that fails, Kerberos 4.

ENVIRONMENT

       MAILHOST
               points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.

EXAMPLES

             $ push cornfield:roosta ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box

       tries  to  fetch  mail  for  the  user roosta from the post office at “cornfield”, and stores the mail in
       ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box (you are using Gnus, aren't you?)

             $ push --from -5 havregryn

       tries to fetch From: lines for current user at post office “havregryn” using Kerberos 5.

SEE ALSO

       from(1), pfrom(1), movemail(8), popper(8)

HISTORY

       push was written while waiting for movemail to finish getting the mail.

HEIMDAL                                           May 31, 1998                                           PUSH(8)