diff --git a/install/sql/incremental/upd_0014.sql b/install/sql/incremental/upd_0014.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a278ecd3b5912002b08767b2160004bb0a69ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/sql/incremental/upd_0014.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- database patch for getmail read_all option
+ALTER TABLE `mail_get` ADD ( `source_read_all` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'y');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/sql/ispconfig3.sql b/install/sql/ispconfig3.sql
index 501c9d0d2b2b27c224e2fbba3d0d58e141abde7e..93793cfa03fb312e707f2d0283107de31640eb37 100644
--- a/install/sql/ispconfig3.sql
+++ b/install/sql/ispconfig3.sql
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `mail_get` (
   `source_username` varchar(255) default NULL,
   `source_password` varchar(64) default NULL,
   `source_delete` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'y',
+  `source_read_all` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'y',
   `destination` varchar(255) default NULL,
   `active` varchar(255) NOT NULL default 'y',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`mailget_id`)
diff --git a/interface/web/mail/form/mail_get.tform.php b/interface/web/mail/form/mail_get.tform.php
index 13b963d98dc74634009c15cc696213a9d6d0bf9b..0d080550ad83ac63a65c03df1d0f01cac1c40802 100644
--- a/interface/web/mail/form/mail_get.tform.php
+++ b/interface/web/mail/form/mail_get.tform.php
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ $form["tabs"]['mailget'] = array (
 			'default'	=> 'y',
 			'value'		=> array(0 => 'n',1 => 'y')
 		),
+		'source_read_all' => array (
+			'datatype'	=> 'VARCHAR',
+			'formtype'	=> 'CHECKBOX',
+			'default'	=> 'y',
+			'value'		=> array(0 => 'n',1 => 'y')
+		),
 		'destination' => array (
 			'datatype'	=> 'VARCHAR',
 			'formtype'	=> 'SELECT',
diff --git a/interface/web/mail/lib/lang/en_mail_get.lng b/interface/web/mail/lib/lang/en_mail_get.lng
index e2180e5eb21bd87011963615609f21262bba9993..efb9628d12c5173e8f479b2a0a7c565c985e9f9c 100644
--- a/interface/web/mail/lib/lang/en_mail_get.lng
+++ b/interface/web/mail/lib/lang/en_mail_get.lng
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ $wb["source_server_txt"] = 'Pop3/Imap Server';
 $wb["source_username_txt"] = 'Username';
 $wb["source_password_txt"] = 'Password';
 $wb["source_delete_txt"] = 'Delete emails after retrieval';
+$wb["source_read_all_txt"] = 'Retrieve all emails (incl. read mails)';
 $wb["destination_txt"] = 'Destination';
 $wb["active_txt"] = 'Active';
 $wb["limit_fetchmail_txt"] = 'The max. number of Fetchmail records for your account is reached.';
diff --git a/interface/web/mail/templates/mail_get_edit.htm b/interface/web/mail/templates/mail_get_edit.htm
index 6d45cdb1159073d66b666d09c3ee1204ef2bc8ac..22c23cf44aa8e4e3684c0b1b53ddf7c9bf6d1ed6 100644
--- a/interface/web/mail/templates/mail_get_edit.htm
+++ b/interface/web/mail/templates/mail_get_edit.htm
@@ -24,11 +24,17 @@
         <input name="source_password" id="source_password" value="{tmpl_var name='source_password'}" size="30" maxlength="255" type="password" class="textInput" />
 			</div>
       <div class="ctrlHolder">
-				<p class="label">{tmpl_var name='source_delete_txt'}</p>
-					<div class="multiField">
-						{tmpl_var name='source_delete'}
-					</div>
-			</div>
+		<p class="label">{tmpl_var name='source_delete_txt'}</p>
+		<div class="multiField">
+			{tmpl_var name='source_delete'}
+		</div>
+	  </div>
+	  <div class="ctrlHolder">
+		<p class="label">{tmpl_var name='source_read_all_txt'}</p>
+		<div class="multiField">        
+			{tmpl_var name='source_read_all'} 
+		</div>                          
+	  </div>
       <div class="ctrlHolder">
       	<label for="destination">{tmpl_var name='destination_txt'}</label>
         <select name="destination" id="destination" class="selectInput">
diff --git a/server/conf/getmail.conf.master b/server/conf/getmail.conf.master
index 2f48d76b308d764f51f3c777a23a1f14a22efb04..029c6fe01e9188bf1d4fec5c28b578a63f759b58 100644
--- a/server/conf/getmail.conf.master
+++ b/server/conf/getmail.conf.master
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # message_log = /var/log/getmail.log
 message_log_syslog = 1
 delete = {DELETE}
+read_all = {READ_ALL}
 
 [retriever]
 type = {TYPE}
diff --git a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
index 7c6669a2098f1f158335436f3c002119b811ae84..6b8a7eeff0116d1f4073c34149bd05e22c4d4af0 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ class getmail_plugin {
 				} else {
 					$tpl = str_replace('{DELETE}','0',$tpl);
 				}
+
+				if($data["new"]["read_all"] == 'y') {
+					$tpl = str_replace('{READ_ALL}', '1', $tpl);
+				} else {
+					$tpl = str_replace('{READ_ALL}', '0', $tpl);
+				}
 				
 				// Set the data retriever
 				if($data["new"]["type"] == 'pop3') {
diff --git a/server/scripts/run-getmail.sh b/server/scripts/run-getmail.sh
index 13e514cc20da18384e3c7ca97e741d07a34d1634..0ab8cc50e239da4189c82b345eb37a78ad952c73 100644
--- a/server/scripts/run-getmail.sh
+++ b/server/scripts/run-getmail.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -f /tmp/.getmail_lock ]; then
 else
   touch /tmp/.getmail_lock
   if [ "$rcfiles" != "" ]; then
-    /usr/bin/getmail -n -v -g /etc/getmail $rcfiles
+    /usr/bin/getmail -v -g /etc/getmail $rcfiles
   fi
   rm -f /tmp/.getmail_lock
 fi