glfs/basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-intro.xml
Larry Lawrence 6998c44a92 chapter 19
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<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Fetchmail</application></title>
<para>The <application>Fetchmail</application> package contains the
a mail retrieval program. &quot;It
retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it to your local
(client) machine's delivery system, so it can then be read by
normal mail user agents.&quot; </para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&fetchmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&fetchmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &fetchmail-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&fetchmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&fetchmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>Fetchmail</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/> and a local MDA (<xref
linkend="procmail"/>) </para></sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>