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
- 24 Apr 2011 10:02
Release Notes: This release adds support for the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
- 16 Nov 2010 10:19
Release Notes: This version has been updated to deal with recent Yahoo login changes and increases the maximum number of messages downloaded per run.
- 08 Feb 2010 12:47
Release Notes: This release fixes the downloading of sent messages and allows a user to move messages to a specified Yahoo! folder.
- 03 Mar 2009 09:58
Release Notes: 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
Release Notes: This fixes the downloading of messages with attachments.
Recent comments
The 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.
