Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install mailcheck

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install mailcheck

Debian stable package indexes · mailcheck · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mailcheck

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ma/mailcheck/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Check multiple mailboxes/maildirs for mail

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

mailcheck

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

mailcheck is a small command-line utility for checking multiple mailboxes for new mail. The official homepage and upstream manpage document support for mbox, Maildir, POP3, and IMAP.

Projektgeschichte

The upstream manpage says mailcheck was written for Debian GNU/Linux by Jefferson E. Noxon, with copyright years spanning 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001. POP3 and IMAP support is credited to Rob Funk.

The official 1.91.2 SourceForge release contains a compact C program, manpage, sample `mailcheckrc`, and Makefile. Its install target places the command under `/usr/bin` and the default config under `/etc`.

Adoptionsgeschichte

mailcheck's adoption is traditional distribution packaging rather than a large upstream community. The input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, and the official homepage links Debian package information.

Wie es verwendet wird

The manpage recommends invoking `mailcheck` from `/etc/profile` or a user-specific login script, with `-l` login mode respecting `~/.hushlogin`. It reads `~/.mailcheckrc` first and falls back to `/etc/mailcheckrc` when no user file exists.

Configuration is line-oriented: local mailbox paths or Maildir directories, plus `pop3:` and `imap:` URLs for remote mailboxes. Passwords are not stored in `mailcheckrc`; for POP3 and IMAP, the manpage says credentials come from `~/.netrc`.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

mailcheck is package-nerd archaeology in useful form: a tiny C utility from the login-shell mail-notification era, still packaged because it has few moving parts and interoperates with old mailbox formats and `.netrc` credentials.

Zeitleiste

1996: Earliest upstream copyright year in the manpage.
1998: Additional copyright year and mailbox/network support lineage appear in the manpage.
2001: Later copyright notice appears in the manpage.
2007: SourceForge published the mailcheck 1.91.2 release tarball.

Related projects

The manpage points users to biff, mail, fetchmail, netrc, and ftp as related Unix mail and credential tools.

Quellen

https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mailcheck/mailcheck/1.91.2/mailcheck_1.91.2.tar.gz
https://mailcheck.sourceforge.net/
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/mailcheckrc~/.mailcheckrc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.netrc

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`mailcheck`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.91.2

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://mailcheck.sourceforge.net/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://mailcheck.sourceforge.net/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:mailcheck
Version	1.91.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mailcheck
Homepage	https://mailcheck.sourceforge.net/
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://mailcheck.sourceforge.net/
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mailcheck/mailcheck/1.91.2/mailcheck_1.91.2.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mailcheck
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

mailcheck 1.91.2-6

check multiple mailboxes/maildirs for mail

http://mailcheck.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install mailcheck

Section: mail
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Mailcheck

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: mailcheck from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

mailcheck

nix profile install nixpkgs#mailcheck

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Mailcheck

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mailcheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

mailcheck 1.91.2-5

check multiple mailboxes/maildirs for mail

http://mailcheck.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install mailcheck

Section: universe/mail
Architecture: amd64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Mailcheck

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mailcheck from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mailcheck.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

mailcheck mit Homebrew, apt, Nix installieren