MailTools
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Updated: 2021-01-27
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NAME
MailTools - bundle of ancient email modules
SYNOPSIS
# This is a place-holder for the distribution
DESCRIPTION
MailTools is a bundle: an ancient form of combining packages into one
distribution. Gladly, it can be distributed as if it is a normal
distribution as well.
Be warned: The code you find here is very old. It works for simple
emails, but when you start with new code then please use more
sofisticated libraries. The main reason that you still find this code
on CPAN, is because many books use it as example.
Component
In this distribution, you find
- Mail::Address
-
Parse email address from a header line.
- Mail::Cap
-
Interpret mailcap files: mappings of file-types to applications as used
by many command-line email programs.
- Mail::Field
-
Simplifies access to (some) email header fields. Used by Mail::Header.
- Mail::Filter
-
Process Mail::Internet messages.
- Mail::Header
-
Collection of Mail::Field objects, representing the header of a
Mail::Internet object.
- Mail::Internet
-
Represents a single email message, with header and body.
- Mail::Mailer
-
Send Mail::Internet emails via direct smtp or local MTA's.
- Mail::Send
-
Build a Mail::Internet object, and then send it out using
Mail::Mailer.
- Mail::Util
-
``Smart functions'' you should not depend on.
SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/.
AUTHORS
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development.
Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>.
Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek <poe@cit.dk>.
Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>.
For other contributors see ChangeLog.
LICENSE
Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <
gbarr@pobox.com> and
2001-2017 Mark Overmeer <
perl@overmeer.net>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html