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1.\" $Id: push.8,v 1.4 1999/12/05 13:00:56 assar Exp $
2.\"
3.Dd May 31, 1998
4.Dt PUSH 8
5.Os HEIMDAL
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm push
8.Nd
9fetch mail via POP
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.Nm
12.Op Fl 4 | Fl -krb4
13.Op Fl 5 | Fl -krb5
14.Op Fl v | Fl -verbose
15.Op Fl f | Fl -fork
16.Op Fl l | -leave
17.Op Fl -from
18.Op Fl c | -count
19.Op Fl -header
20.Oo Fl p Ar port-spec  \*(Ba Xo
21.Fl -port= Ns Ar port-spec Oc
22.Xc
23.Ar po-box
24.Pa filename
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26.Nm
27retrieves mail from the post office box
28.Ar po-box ,
29and stores the mail in mbox format in
30.Pa filename .
31The
32.Ar po-box
33can have any of the following formats:
34.Bl -hang -compact -offset indent
35.It Ql hostname:username
36.It Ql po:hostname:username
37.It Ql username@hostname
38.It Ql po:username@hostname
39.It Ql hostname
40.It Ql po:username
41.El
42
43If no username is specified,
44.Nm
45assumes that it's the same as on the local machine;
46.Ar hostname
47defaults to the value of the
48.Ev MAILHOST
49environment variable.
50
51Supported options:
52.Bl -tag -width Ds
53.It Xo
54.Fl 4 Ns ,
55.Fl -krb4
56.Xc
57use Kerberos 4 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 4)
58.It Xo
59.Fl 5 Ns ,
60.Fl -krb5
61.Xc
62use Kerberos 5 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 5)
63.It Xo
64.Fl f Ns ,
65.Fl -fork
66.Xc
67fork before starting to delete messages
68.It Xo
69.Fl l Ns ,
70.Fl -leave
71.Xc
72don't delete fetched mail
73.It Xo
74.Fl -from
75.Xc
76behave like from.
77.It Xo
78.Fl c Ns ,
79.Fl -count
80.Xc
81first print how many messages and bytes there are.
82.It Xo
83.Fl -header
84.Xc
85which header from should print.
86.It Xo
87.Fl p Ar port-spec Ns ,
88.Fl -port= Ns Ar port-spec
89.Xc
90use this port instead of the default
91.Ql kpop
92or
93.Ql 1109 .
94.El
95
96The default is to first try Kerberos 5 authentication and then, if
97that fails, Kerberos 4.
98.Sh ENVIRONMENT
99
100.Bl -tag -width Ds
101.It Ev MAILHOST
102points to the post office, if no other hostname is specified.
103.El
104.\".Sh FILES
105.Sh EXAMPLES
106.Bd -literal -offset indent
107$ push cornfield:roosta ~/.gnus-crash-box
108.Ed
109
110tries to fetch mail for the user
111.Ar roosta
112from the post office at
113.Dq cornfield ,
114and stores the mail in
115.Pa ~/.gnus-crash-box
116(you are using Gnus, aren't you?)
117.Bd -literal -offset indent
118$ push --from -5 havregryn
119.Ed
120
121tries to fetch
122.Nm From:
123lines for current user at post office
124.Dq havregryn
125using Kerberos 5.
126.\".Sh DIAGNOSTICS
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr movemail 8 ,
129.Xr popper 8 ,
130.Xr from 1
131.\".Sh STANDARDS
132.Sh HISTORY
133.Nm
134was written while waiting for
135.Nm movemail
136to finish getting the mail.
137.\".Sh AUTHORS
138.\".Sh BUGS
139