fetchmail is a Free software utility for POSIX-compliant operating systems which is used to retrieve e-mail from a remote POP3, IMAP, ETRN or ODMR mail server to the user's local system. It was developed from the popclient program, written by Carl Harris.^[1] Software design is the process that starts from a problem for which there is currently no acceptable (software) solution, and ends when such a solution has been created. ... Eric S. Raymond (FISL 6. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... --> Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... It has been suggested that Maintenance OS be merged into this article or section. ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Clockwise from top: The logo of the GNU Project (the GNU head), the Linux kernel mascot Tux the Penguin, and the FreeBSD daemon Free software is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation[1] to refer to software that can be used, studied, and modified without... POSIX or Portable Operating System Interface[1] is the collective name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define the application programming interface (API) for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. ... The Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP or IMAP4, and previously called Internet Mail Access Protocol, Interactive Mail Access Protocol (RFC 1064), and Interim Mail Access Protocol[1]) is an application layer Internet protocol operating on port 143 that allows a local client to access e-mail on... ETRN (Extended Turn) is an extension to the SMTP e-mail protocol. ... ODMR (On-Demand Mail Relay) is an extension to the SMTP e-mail protocol. ...

Its chief significance is perhaps that its author, Eric S. Raymond, used it as a model to discuss his theories of open source software development in a widely-read and influential essay on software development methodologies, The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Eric S. Raymond (FISL 6. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... The Cathedral and the Bazaar (abbreviated CatB) is an essay by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail. ...

Some programmers, including Dan Bernstein, getmail creator Charles Cazabon and FreeBSD developer Terry Lambert, have criticized fetchmail's design^[2], its number of security holes ^[3], and that it was prematurely put into "maintenance mode". In 2004, a new team of maintainers took over fetchmail development^[4], and laid out development plans that in some cases broke with design decisions that Eric Raymond had made in earlier versions.^[5] Daniel Julius Bernstein (sometimes known simply as djb) is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a mathematician, a cryptologist, and a programmer. ... Getmail is a simple replacement to fetchmail, implemented in Python. ...

References

1. ^ Raymond, Eric. 'Eric S. Raymond's former Design Notes On Fetchmail'. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.
2. ^ Lambert, Terry. 'UUCP must stay; fetchmail sucks (was list 'o things)'. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
3. ^ Cazabon, Charles. 'getmail frequently asked questions'. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
4. ^ 'Developer History'. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
5. ^ 'Design Notes On Fetchmail'. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.

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See also

Free software Portal

• getmail
• fdm (e-mail utility)

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External links

• The fetchmail homepage