# Fetchmail

> remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility

**Wikidata**: [Q285939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285939)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetchmail)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/fetchmail


## References

1. [Source](https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/blob/legacy_64/fetchmail.man#L3038)
2. Free Software Directory
3. [The 6.3.26 release of fetchmail is available. 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/32528898/)
4. [ANNOUNCE: fetchmail-6.4.1 has been released today, 2019-09-28 (regression fixes). 2019](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/36773574/)
5. [The 6.4.15 release of fetchmail is available (bug fixes). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37189309/)
6. [The 6.4.16 release of fetchmail is available (correction #1, URL in announcement). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37217241/)
7. [The 6.4.17 release of fetchmail is available. 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37234605/)
8. [The 6.4.18 release of fetchmail is available. 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37249830/)
9. [The 6.4.19 release of fetchmail is available. 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37267719/)
10. [The 6.4.20 release of fetchmail is available (security update CVE-2021-36386). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37327392/)
11. [The 6.4.21 release of fetchmail is available (regression fix for --logfile from 6.4.20). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37333073/)
12. [The 6.4.22 release of fetchmail is available (security fixes for CVE-2021-39272, crash fixes, other changes. 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37350110/)
13. [The 6.4.23 release of fetchmail is available (usability fix for IMAP plugin + auth ssh, translation updates). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37376434/)
14. [fetchmail 6.4.24 is available (manual & translation updates, OpenSSL 1.0.2 workaround for Let's Encrypt sites). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37388106/)
15. [fetchmail 6.4.25 is available (documentation & translation updates, wolfSSL 5.0, fix to OpenSSL 1.0.2 support for Let's Encrypt Sites, configure updates). 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37399288/)
16. [fetchmail 6.4.26 is available (Serbian translation updates, workaround added for some servers when wolfSSL 5.0.0 is used. 2021](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37407495/)
17. [fetchmail 6.4.27 is available (bumps wolfSSL requirement, Romanian translation update). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37617697/)
18. [fetchmail 6.4.28 is available (Spanish translation update). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37621145/)
19. [fetchmail 6.4.29 is available (Vietnamese translation update). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37628013/)
20. [fetchmail 6.4.30 is available (Romanian translation update). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37645690/)
21. [fetchmail 6.4.31 is available (netrc, configure, manpage updates). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37681775/)
22. [fetchmail 6.4.32 is available (translation updates). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37687601/)
23. [fetchmail 6.4.33 is available (translation and contrib/ updates). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37699234/)
24. [fetchmail 6.4.34 is available (critical softbounce fix and translation updates). 2022](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37721221/)
25. [fetchmail 6.4.35 is available (translation updates and raised SSL/TLS library requirements). 2023](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37756758/)
26. [fetchmail 6.4.36 is available (translation updates). 2023](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37770051/)
27. [fetchmail 6.4.37 is available (translation updates). 2023](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/37783197/)
28. [ANNOUNCE: fetchmail 6.4.38 is available (translation updates, updated OpenSSL/wolfSSL version requirements). 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/58731590/)
29. [Re: [Fetchmail-announce] ANNOUNCE: fetchmail 6.4.38 is available (translation updates, updated OpenSSL/wolfSSL version requirements). 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/58731594/)
30. [fetchmail 6.4.39 is available (two bugfixes). 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/58797299/)
31. [fetchmail 6.5.0 is available (modernization). 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/58835491/)
32. [fetchmail 6.5.1 is available (minor polishing). 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/58840916/)
33. [fetchmail 6.5.2 is available (translation updates for Czech and Serbian. 2024](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59113044/)
34. [fetchmail 6.5.3 is available (reinstate IDLE workaround & translation update for Spanish (Castellano)). 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59193648/)
35. [fetchmail 6.5.4 is available (crash fix for unencrypted socket write error, wolfSSL compilation fix). 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59196377/)
36. [fetchmail 6.5.5 released (more C23/GCC15 fixes, more clearing of secrets in memory). 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59238340/)
37. [fetchmail 6.5.6 SECURITY FIX released and fetchmail-SA-2025-01.txt security announcement (fix for SMTP AUTH potential crash, other bugfixes). 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59241831/)
38. [The 6.5.7 release of fetchmail is available (new Italian translation, SMTP AUTH fixes/.netrc support). Fetchmail-announce. 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59248304/)
39. [The 6.6.0 release of fetchmail is available (TLS support for SMTP, incl. STARTTLS). Fetchmail-announce. 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59252134/)
40. [The 6.6.1 release of fetchmail is available (translation updates for Spanish, Serbian). Fetchmail-announce. 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59258857/)
41. [The 6.6.2 release of fetchmail is available (fixes compilation without TLS/SSL. Fetchmail-announce. 2025](https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/mailman/message/59270832/)
42. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
43. [Chapter 2. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. 2001](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-cathedral/0596001088/ch02.html)
44. [Source](https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/lists/fetchmail-announce)
45. [Source](https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/lists/fetchmail-devel)
46. [Source](https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/lists/fetchmail-users)