Re: [Fetchmail-users] Fetchmail only writes the most recent mail

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am 09.08.2018 um 13:21 schrieb daniel_1983--- via Fetchmail-users:
> Hello !
>
> I'm trying fetchmail on the command line, here's what I came up with
>
> fetchmail -p IMAP \ # use the IMAP protocol
> -r "INBOX.Brigands" \ # to fetch mail from the Brigands folder
> -k \ # keep mail on the server
> -a \ # retrieve seen and unseen mail
> -u user@domain mail.server.com \ # my username
> --mda "/bin/sh -c 'cat > /mnt/partage_local/DATA/MAIL/principale-fetchmail/DRAFT/new/$(date +%''s_%N)'" # my MDA

The problem is in your --mda option - you need >>, not >, for output
redirection. Read any decent manual about Bourne or POSIX-like shells.