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title: 'Advanced | Email Gathering with Fetchmail'
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---
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To enable the [fetchmail][fetchmail-website] service to retrieve e-mails set the environment variable `ENABLE_FETCHMAIL` to `1`. Your `compose.yaml` file should look like following snippet:
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To enable the [fetchmail][fetchmail-website] service to retrieve e-mails, set the environment variable `ENABLE_FETCHMAIL` to `1`. Your `compose.yaml` file should look like following snippet:
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```yaml
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environment:
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@ -18,66 +18,89 @@ Generate a file called `fetchmail.cf` and place it in the `docker-data/dms/confi
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│ ├── fetchmail.cf
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│ ├── postfix-accounts.cf
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│ └── postfix-virtual.cf
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├── compose.yaml
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└── README.md
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└── compose.yaml
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```
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## Configuration
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A detailed description of the configuration options can be found in the [online version of the manual page][fetchmail-docs].
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Configuration options for `fetchmail.cf` are covered at the [official fetchmail docs][fetchmail-docs-config] (_see the section "The run control file" and the table with "keyword" column for all settings_).
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### IMAP Configuration
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!!! example "Basic `fetchmail.cf` configuration"
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!!! example
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Retrieve mail from `remote-user@somewhere.com` and deliver it to `dms-user@example.com`:
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```fetchmailrc
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poll 'imap.gmail.com' proto imap
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user 'username'
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poll 'mail.somewhere.com'
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proto imap
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user 'remote-user'
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pass 'secret'
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is 'user1@example.com'
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ssl
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is 'dms-user@example.com'
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```
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### POP3 Configuration
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- `poll` sets the remote mail server to connect to retrieve mail from.
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- `proto` lets you connect via IMAP or POP3.
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- `user` and `pass` provide the login credentials for the remote mail service account to access.
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- `is` configures where the fetched mail will be sent to (_eg: your local DMS account in `docker-data/dms/config/postfix-accounts.cf`_).
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!!! example
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---
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??? warning "`proto imap` will still delete remote mail once fetched"
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This is due to a separate default setting `no keep`. Adding the setting `keep` to your config on a new line will prevent deleting the remote copy.
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??? example "Multiple users or remote servers"
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The official docs [config examples][fetchmail-config-examples] show a common convention to indent settings on subsequent lines for visually grouping per server.
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=== "Minimal syntax"
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```fetchmailrc
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poll 'pop3.gmail.com' proto pop3
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user 'username'
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pass 'secret'
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is 'user2@example.com'
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ssl
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poll 'mail.somewhere.com' proto imap
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user 'john.doe' pass 'secret' is 'johnny@example.com'
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user 'jane.doe' pass 'secret' is 'jane@example.com'
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poll 'mail.somewhere-else.com' proto pop3
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user 'john.doe@somewhere-else.com' pass 'secret' is 'johnny@example.com'
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```
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!!! caution
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=== "With optional syntax"
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Don’t forget the last line! (_eg: `is 'user1@example.com'`_). After `is`, you have to specify an email address from the configuration file: `docker-data/dms/config/postfix-accounts.cf`.
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- `#` for adding comments.
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- The config file may include "noise" keywords to improve readability.
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More details how to configure fetchmail can be found in the [fetchmail man page in the chapter “The run control file”][fetchmail-docs-run].
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```fetchmailrc
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# Retrieve mail for users `john.doe` and `jane.doe` via IMAP at this remote mail server:
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poll 'mail.somewhere.com' with proto imap wants:
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user 'john.doe' with pass 'secret', is 'johnny@example.com' here
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user 'jane.doe' with pass 'secret', is 'jane@example.com' here
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### Polling Interval
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# Also retrieve mail from this mail server (but via POP3).
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# NOTE: This could also be all on a single line, or with each key + value as a separate line.
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# Notice how the remote username includes a full email address,
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# Some mail servers like DMS use the full email address as the username:
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poll 'mail.somewhere-else.com' with proto pop3 wants:
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user 'john.doe@somewhere-else.com' with pass 'secret', is 'johnny@example.com' here
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```
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By default the fetchmail service searches every 5 minutes for new mails on your external mail accounts. You can override this default value by changing the ENV variable `FETCHMAIL_POLL`:
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!!! tip "`FETCHMAIL_POLL` ENV: Override default polling interval"
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By default the fetchmail service will check every 5 minutes for new mail at the configured mail accounts.
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```yaml
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environment:
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- FETCHMAIL_POLL=60
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# The fetchmail polling interval in seconds:
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FETCHMAIL_POLL: 60
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```
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You must specify a numeric argument which is a polling interval in seconds. The example above polls every minute for new mails.
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## Debugging
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To debug your `fetchmail.cf` configuration run this command:
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To debug your `fetchmail.cf` configuration run this `setup debug` command:
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```sh
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./setup.sh debug fetchmail
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docker exec -it dms-container-name setup debug fetchmail
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```
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For more information about the configuration script `setup.sh` [read the corresponding docs][docs-setup].
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Here a sample output of `./setup.sh debug fetchmail`:
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??? example "Sample output of `setup debug fetchmail`"
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```log
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fetchmail: 6.3.26 querying outlook.office365.com (protocol POP3) at Mon Aug 29 22:11:09 2016: poll started
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@ -119,7 +142,11 @@ fetchmail: 6.3.26 querying outlook.office365.com (protocol POP3) at Mon Aug 29 2
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fetchmail: normal termination, status 1
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```
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[docs-setup]: ../../config/setup.sh.md
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!!! tip "Troubleshoot with this reference `compose.yaml`"
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[A minimal `compose.yaml` example][fetchmail-compose-example] demonstrates how to run two instances of DMS locally, with one instance configured with `fetchmail.cf` and the other to simulate a remote mail server to fetch from.
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[fetchmail-website]: https://www.fetchmail.info
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[fetchmail-docs]: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html
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[fetchmail-docs-run]: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#31
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[fetchmail-docs-config]: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#the-run-control-file
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[fetchmail-config-examples]: https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#configuration-examples
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[fetchmail-compose-example]: https://github.com/orgs/docker-mailserver/discussions/3994#discussioncomment-9290570
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