Downloading e-mails via POP/IMAP/etc

[ronobe]

Is there a command-line tool on Backtrack that will take username/password as input and then download all the e-mail in an account?

Thank you.

[purehate]

mutt and alpine are text based email clients for Linux ad both are available via apt-get

[ronobe]

purhate,

Thanks for your reply, but I don't want to read e-mail or anything.

I just want to completely back it up, i.e. download every message. Is there a standard way to do this in Linux?

[Archangel-Amael]

Yes using mutt or pine, as was mentioned before. Further most mail clients will allow synchronization between client and server.

[Citruspers]

Do keep in mind that, in general, most email is removed from the server after it's been downloaded (at least that's the case with most email accounts here in europe).

[dec1bel]

You can use IMAP to synchronize between client and server, or POP to download the message. POP can also be configured to leave a copy on the server.