How To Install fetchmail on CentOS 8

fetchmail is A remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchmail on CentOS 8.

What is `fetchmail`

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so you can read it through your favorite mail client. Install fetchmail if you need to retrieve mail over SLIP or PPP connections.

We can use yum or dnf to install fetchmail on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fetchmail.

Install fetchmail on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fetchmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fetchmail

Install fetchmail on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fetchmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fetchmail

How To Uninstall fetchmail on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fetchmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fetchmail

fetchmail Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/fetchmailrc.example
/usr/bin/fetchmail
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/4ac944dfa75b628c148353ca8ee2bc689f5f05
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fetchmail.service
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/FEATURES
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/NOTES
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/README
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/README.SSL
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail/TODO
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fetchmail.1.gz

References

fetchmail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchmail on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.