PUSH(8)

NAME
push - fetch mail via POP

SYNOPSIS
push [-4 | --krb4] [-5 | --krb5] [-v | --verbose] [-f | --fork] [-l | --leave] [-p port-spec --port=port-spec] hostname[:username] filename

DESCRIPTION
push retrieves mail for username from the post office at hostname, and stores the mail in mbox format filename. If no username is specified, push assumes that it's the same as on the local machine. If hostname is ‘po’, the hostname is taken from the MAILHOST environment variable. Supported options:

    -4, --krb4 use Kerberos 4 (if compiled with support for Kerberos 4)

    -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

    -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 the hostname is specified as ‘po’

EXAMPLES

    $ push cornfield:roosta ~/.gnus-crash-box

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

SEE ALSO
movemail(8), popper(8)

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