Re: [orca-list] GetMailRC or FetchMailRC File

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com>]

The example and instructions on the linode site are fairly 
straightforward.  You should be able to pretty much use it and substitute 
what you need to change.  You need to know what protocol your mail server 
expects and the port which you should be able to find in whatever client 
you are using to access your email currently.  the only other thing then 
is whether you want it stored in a maildir or mbox format (getmail 
supports both).  That may to some degree depend on how you plan to read 
them later.

Tom


On Tue, 18 May 2021, Glenn K0LNY wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm having difficulties configuring both getmail and fetchmail RC files.
> I plan on downloading all twenty years of my eMail from my ISP before they delete everything in a couple 
> weeks, as they are discontinuing eMail.
> None of my clients have ever gotten more than a year or two back.
> So I'm hoping one of these synchronization utilities will download everything.
> I've downloaded a sample RC file from the web, but it's difficult to make sense of it.
> I'm hoping someone could send me theirs without the password of course.
> Thanks.
>  
> Glenn