11.3.3.4. User Options

fetchall — Orders Fetchmail to download all messages in the queue, including messages that have already been viewed. By default, Fetchmail only pulls down new messages.

fetchlimit <number> — Replace <number> with the number of messages to be retrieved before stopping.

flush — Deletes all previously viewed messages in the queue before retrieving new messages.

limit <max-number-bytes> — Replace <max-number-bytes> with the maximum size in bytes that messages are allowed to be when retrieved by Fetchmail. This option is useful with slow network links, when a large message takes too long to download.

password '<password>' — Replace <password> with the user's password.

preconnect "<command>" — Replace <command> with a command to be executed before retrieving messages for the user.

postconnect "<command>" — Replace <command> with a command to be executed after retrieving messages for the user.

ssl — Activates SSL encryption.

user "<username>" — Replace <username> with the username used by Fetchmail to retrieve messages. This option must precede all other user options.