Re: Using fetchmail with iCloud via IMAP

Thanks!

I got it working, with one additional step.  The depth=2 SSL certificate for
icloud.com is self-signed, so fetchmail refuses the SSL connection.  I found
the solution at:

https://geekmush.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/how-to-make-fetchmail-happy-with-the-servers-ssl-cert/

I couldn't use "forceidle" with the latest stable version of fetchmail, 6.4.28.
It's only in the 6.5 beta versions.

On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 11:06:53AM -0800, Eric Durand wrote:
>
> This is what I have. I am using IDLE and multiple fechmails processes to gather
> emails from a bunch of places (also see https://github.com/rand0mdud3/
> multifetchmail)
>
>
>     set no bouncemail
>
>     poll imap.mail.me.com protocol imap idletimeout 540
>       username icloud-username there is local-username here, has password
>     xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx and wants nokeep, fetchall, ssl, idle and forceidle
>
>
> iCloud does support IDLE but doesn't advertise it AFAIK, so it you want idle,
> you'll have to use the forceidle thingy (and it's only supported by recent
> versions of fetchmail)
> You will also have to generate an app specific password on appleid.apple.com.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 9:58 AM Jon Brinkmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     I'd like to use fetchmail with iCloud via IMAP.  The Apple support page
>     https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202304 gives relevant information.
>     I found nothing specific to this on the web or our forum.
>
>     Does anyone have a working configuration file to share?
>
>     Jon
>
>
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