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PUSH(8)                DragonFly System Manager's Manual               PUSH(8)

NAME
     push - fetch mail via POP

SYNOPSIS
     push [-5 | --krb5] [-v | --verbose] [-f | --fork] [-l | --leave] [--from]
          [-c | --count] [--headers=headers] [-p port-spec | --port=port-spec]
          po-box filename

DESCRIPTION
     push retrieves mail from the post office box po-box, and stores the mail
     in mbox format in filename.  The po-box can have any of the following
     formats:
           `hostname:username'
           `po:hostname:username'
           `username@hostname'
           `po:username@hostname'
           `hostname'
           `po:username'

     If no username is specified, push assumes that it's the same as on the
     local machine; hostname defaults to the value of the MAILHOST environment
     variable.

     Supported options:

     -5, --krb5
             use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)

     -f, --fork
             fork before starting to delete messages

     -l, --leave
             don't delete fetched mail

     --from  behave like from.

     -c, --count
             first print how many messages and bytes there are.

     --headers=headers
             a list of comma-separated headers that should get printed.

     -p port-spec, --port=port-spec
             use this port instead of the default `kpop' or `1109'.

     The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if that
     fails, Kerberos 4.

ENVIRONMENT
     MAILHOST
             points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.

EXAMPLES
           $ push cornfield:roosta ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box

     tries to fetch mail for the user roosta from the post office at
     "cornfield", and stores the mail in ~/.emacs-mail-crash-box (you are
     using Gnus, aren't you?)

           $ push --from -5 havregryn

     tries to fetch From: lines for current user at post office "havregryn"
     using Kerberos 5.

SEE ALSO
     from(1), pfrom(1), movemail(8), popper(8)

HISTORY
     push was written while waiting for movemail to finish getting the mail.

HEIMDAL                          May 31, 1998                          HEIMDAL