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Package: mpop (1.0.19-1)

POP3 mail retriever

mpop is a fast and simple fetchmail replacement to retrieve mail from POP3 servers. Its main features are header based mail filtering, multiple authentication methods, TLS encrypted connections or delivery.

There are a few things mpop can do that fetchmail can't or that it does better: 

 - mpop never ever tries to parse mail information except for the
   envelope-from address, which is the bare minimum that it has to do.
 - mpop never ever alters mail messages except for adding a "Received"
   header, which is the bare minimum that it has to do.
 - mpop uses several techniques (including pipelining) to reduce the
   POP3 protocol overhead. It is therefore much faster than fetchmail.
 - By default, mpop stores the mail UIDs (unique ids) in one file per
   account. You can poll different mail accounts in parallel.
 - The progress output is nicer ;-)
 - You can pipe the headers of a mail through a filter that decides if
   the mail should be downloaded, skipped, or deleted. This allows to
   delete junk mail from a POP3 server without downloading the entire
   message.
 - mpop can deliver mails directly to mbox and maildir mail folders.

This package is compiled with GSASL and TLS/SSL support.

Tags: Implemented in: C, Electronic Mail: POP3 Protocol, Network Protocol: POP3, Role: Program, Purpose: Downloading, Works with: Email

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  • dep: dpkg (>= 1.15.4)
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    or install-info
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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libcomerr2 (>= 1.01)
    common error description library
  • dep: libgnutls26 (>= 2.7.14-0)
    the GNU TLS library - runtime library
  • dep: libgsasl7 (>= 0.2.21)
    GNU SASL library
  • dep: libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2)
    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism
  • dep: libidn11 (>= 1.13)
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  • dep: libk5crypto3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2)
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  • dep: libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2)
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  • dep: libntlm0
    NTLM authentication library

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amd64 132.8 kB264 kB [list of files]
armel 131.4 kB320 kB [list of files]
hppa 134.4 kB328 kB [list of files]
i386 130.9 kB324 kB [list of files]
ia64 158.7 kB440 kB [list of files]
mips 135.6 kB356 kB [list of files]
mipsel 131.6 kB356 kB [list of files]
powerpc 137.3 kB340 kB [list of files]
s390 132.3 kB328 kB [list of files]
sparc 132.4 kB320 kB [list of files]