getmail_mbox(1)

getmail_mbox1

Read a message from stdin and deliver to a named mboxrd-format mbox file with fcntl-style locking.

Usage

getmail_mbox [OPTION] PATH

Overview

Deliver a mail message from standard input, to the mboxrd-format mbox file named PATH. PATH must start with a dot or a slash and must not end with a slash. fcntl-type locking is used; if your system requires another type of locking (such as flock or dotlock ), use an MDA configured for that style of locking instead.

getmail_mbox uses the SENDER environment variable to construct a Return-Path: header field and the contents of the RECIPIENT environment variable to construct a Delivered-To: header field at the top of the message. SENDER is also used in creating the mbox From_ line.

--verbose, -v

print a status message on success

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0–9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13

Author

Written by Charles Cazabon and others.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues>

From getmail6 6.19.07-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.