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/usr/bin/getmail_fetch

Mail retrieval tool supporting POP3 and IMAP protocols

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

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/getmail_fetch", line 16, in <module>
    from getmailcore import __version__, __license__, \
        retrievers, destinations, message, 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 (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
--versionshow program's version number and exitman
-h, --helpshow a short usage summary and exitman
-v, --verboseoutput information messages while runningman
-q, --quietoutput only on errorman
-mFILE, --message FILEread well-formatted RFC822 message from FILE and deliver prior to connecting to POP serverman
-pPORT, --port PORTuse port PORT instead of default (POP3: 110, POP3-over-SSL: 995)man
-d, --deletedelete messages from server after deliveryman
-tTIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUTuse timeout of TIMEOUT seconds instead of default 180man
-a, --apopuse APOP authenticationman
-s, --ssluse POP3-over-SSLman

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