You can download them (not all for now) here:
My rc9 feedOther to follow.
scoutme: howto install getmail (you need python-distutils)
download getmail from the official website, put it somewhere on your z, tar xvfz getmail-x.x.x.tar.gz
cd getmail-x.x.x python setup.py install .
I don't know how to make ipk for python apps, sorry.