Fetchmail Mda, x release maintenance) and next (mid-term future 7. It cannot “read” . x development) Fetchmail is standalone MRA (Mail Retrieval Agent) aka “IMAP/POP3 client”. doe" on the The fetchmail code was developed under Linux, but has also been extensively tested under the BSD variants, AIX, HP-UX versions 9 and 10, SunOS, Solaris, Use the mda option in your . For example, I may be using the name "joe. What is exactly is the difference between a MDA like fetchmail and a MTA like sendmail. Note the Git branches: legacy_6x (6. This will deposit the mail in the system mailbox (typically /var/spool/mail/handygandy or If your fetchmail configuration sets a local MDA (see the --mda option), it will be used directly instead of talking SMTP to port 25. 5. fetchmailrc to specify maildrop or procmail as your MDA.