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/usr/bin/getmail

Mail retrieval tool supporting POP3 and IMAP protocols

From getmail6 6.21.01-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running getmail --help (exit 1) · terse output. permalink

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/getmail", line 46, in <module>
    from getmailcore import __version__, __license__, \
        retrievers, destinations,  filters, logging
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/getmailcore/destinations.py", line 376, in <module>
    class MDA_qmaillocal(DeliverySkeleton, ForkingBase):
    ...<171 lines>...
            return 'MDA_qmaillocal (%s)' % info
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/getmailcore/destinations.py", line 441, in MDA_qmaillocal
    default=pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid()).pw_name),
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'getpwuid(): uid not found: 1100'
Options (13)
OptionDescriptionSource
--versionshow program's version number and exitman
-h, --helpshow a short usage summary and exitman
-gDIR, --getmaildir DIRlook in DIR for config/data filesman
-rFILE, --rcfile FILEload configuration from FILE (may be given multiple times)man
--dumpdump configuration and exit (debugging)man
--traceprint extended trace information (extremely verbose)man
-iFOLDER, --idle FOLDERmaintain connection and listen for new messages in FOLDER.man
-v, --verboseoperate more verbosely (can be given multiple times)man
-q, --quietdo not print informational messagesman
-d, --deletedelete messages from server after retrievingman
-l, --dont-deletedo not delete messages from server after retrievingman
-a, --allretrieve all messagesman
-n, --newretrieve only unread messagesman

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