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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.getmail;
+
+  accounts = filter (a: a.getmail.enable)
+    (attrValues config.accounts.email.accounts);
+
+  # Note: The getmail service does not expect a path, but just the filename!
+  renderConfigFilepath = a: if a.primary then "getmailrc" else "getmail${a.name}";
+  configFiles = concatMapStringsSep " " (a: " --rcfile ${renderConfigFilepath a}") accounts;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    services.getmail = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "the getmail systemd service to automatically retrieve mail";
+
+      frequency = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "*:0/5";
+        example = "hourly";
+        description = ''
+          The refresh frequency. Check <literal>man systemd.time</literal> for
+          more information on the syntax. If you use a gpg-agent in
+          combination with the passwordCommand, keep the poll
+          frequency below the cache-ttl value (as set by the
+          <literal>default</literal>) to avoid pinentry asking
+          permanently for a password.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.user.services.getmail = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "getmail email fetcher";
+      };
+      Service = {
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.getmail}/bin/getmail ${configFiles}";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.user.timers.getmail = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "getmail email fetcher";
+      };
+      Timer = {
+        OnCalendar = "${cfg.frequency}";
+        Unit = "getmail.service";
+      };
+      Install = {
+        WantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+}