.fetchmailrc.example

poll imap.gmail.com protocol IMAP
  user "[email protected]" is "login-name" here
  password 'supersecretpassword'
  folder 'inbox'
  keep    ###<< means keep it on server
  ssl

poll imap.gmx.com protocol IMAP
  user "[email protected]" is "login-name" here
  password "supersecretpassword"
  folder 'inbox'
  keep
  ssl

set daemon 180    ##<<< daemonises and checks for new mail every 3 mins


## from the repo install sendmail & fetchmail

####example your name is andy and have a user account of andy on yourpc
#### your email address is ilufsdagmail.com
#
#poll imap.gmail.com protocol IMAP
#  user "[email protected]" is "andy" here
#  password 'enterlotsofdifferentnumbers565575615herenolessthan63charactersifyouisparanoid'
#  folder 'inbox' ##<<canaddmore
#  keep    ###<< means keep it on server
#  ssl

## the only other ting to do is add
#
#  MAIL=/var/spool/mail/login-name && export MAIL
#
# to .bashrc
#
# then just type mail in a console to read your mail or use mutt or another email client
#
#