27.3.3.7. Special Options
These options are occasionally useful for overriding defaults often found in the
.fetchmailrc file.
-a— Fetchmail downloads all messages from the remote email server, whether new or previously viewed. By default, Fetchmail only downloads new messages.-k— Fetchmail leaves the messages on the remote email server after downloading them. This option overrides the default behavior of deleting messages after downloading them.-l <max-number-bytes>— Fetchmail does not download any messages over a particular size and leaves them on the remote email server.--quit— Quits the Fetchmail daemon process.
More commands and
.fetchmailrc options can be found in the fetchmail man page.
