There is a fork (https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6) that uses python3, I have had a template and used it for some time (https://github.com/dmarto/void-packages/blob/3bf8c1bfb203eeac8ad2ab908d189edbab749c2d/srcpkgs/getmail6/template), but I never got to making a PR as I am not sure what is better, making it a different package or updating this one.

P.S. most other distroes have moved to getmail6, as the maintainer of getmail said he will look into updating it for python4 (implying it is never going to happen)

According to https://pyropus.ca./software/getmail/documentation.html#python3, we should not replace getmail by getmail6 and I am not sure if we should even package it.

Oof I hadn't seen the getmail6 section there (I just read the mailing list long time ago); for the record debian has getmail6 (with getmail as transitional dummy pkg), and long ago I remember fedora were wondering what to do with the name (currently, I think they don't ship neither).

So yea, more reason why I wasn't sure what to do, leaving it to you;

(btw, for anyone reading and possibly looking for replacement, mpop can replace getmail in some cases)

Debian has apparently agreed to remove the "getmail6" package, and it should happen soon. I originally suggested they keep distributing it, but simply rename the package and executable, given that its maintainer outright refuses to do so. But apparently they'd rather drop it.

Again just for the record for anyone reading this.

I rechecked the bug report in debian (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=996569) looks like, it is not actually being removed until getmail releases a python3 version, only the transitional package was removed in debian bookworm.

From Sudip Mukherjee, maintainer of getmail{,6} in debian:

Not just Debian but all the distros need to have a Python3 version of
getmail and getmail6 is the only alternative available now. I will be
very very happy to remove getmail6 when you release a Python3 version
of getmail. But until then I will only remove the transitional
package.