FetchYahoo
FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! account to a local mail spool. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people using Yahoo! mail since Yahoo!'s POP service is no longer free. It downloads messages to a local mail spool, including all parts and attachments. It then deletes messages unless requested not to. It can also optionally forward messages to a specified email address and repeat with a given interval.
| Tags | Communications Email Mail Transport Agents |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 03 Mar 2009 09:58
Changes: This release fixes the display of e-mail HTML alternatives. It also correctly modifies From_ lines in e-mail messages which could have resulted in mailbox corruption.
- 02 Mar 2009 15:20
Changes: This fixes the downloading of messages with attachments.
- 05 Sep 2007 11:10
Changes: This version fixes a major problem in downloading mail that would eventually affect all users. It also fixes a few smaller bugs with multiple folders support and email address parsing.
- 16 Sep 2006 22:01
Changes: This release works with the new Yahoo Mail Beta interface. It also fixes an uninitialized variable bug and updates the "es" translation.
- 09 Jul 2006 04:05
Changes: This fixes several small bugs and adds the ability to forward mail from the commandline. This does not fix compatibility with Yahoo's new Beta interface which is still not working.
- All comments
Recent commentsThe Strength of Perl
Thank you for your good work in FetchYahoo. This script of yours shows the
strength of Perl. I am a die-hard Pythonista and downloading Yahoo Mail is
the first time Python has let me down. Python can do other https cookied
transactions; but something from Yahoo causes a segfault in the urlopen call.
Perl, on the other hand, works just fine. And once I learned about
Perl's CPAN shell for downloading and installing the modules you need, I
found myself rethinking my ignorance of Perl and found a tutorial on the
net. So one more thing: thanks for making me take a look at Perl.