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Function decorator class with optional keyword arguments

The following features a class implementation for a function decorator in Python with an arbitrary number of optional keywords arguments.

Implementing the decorator as a class, has the advantage of encapsulation and ease of reuse.

Note that this code uses the python package wrapt, which can easily be installed using pip.

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Fetching emails using fetchmail and relaying them with msmtp

This is a short set of instructions how to regularly fetch emails from an IMAP server and relay them to another email address using an SMTP server.

Prerequisites

• Debian based operating system; on a server or comparable (e.g. a Raspberry Pi) that runs continuously
• Access to an IMAP server from which the emails are to be fetched
• Access to an SMTP server to be able to send of the emails to another email address