Mail::Util(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Util(3)NAMEMail::Util - mail utility functions
INHERITANCEMail::Util
is a Exporter
SYNOPSIS
use Mail::Util qw( ... );
DESCRIPTION
This package provides several mail related utility functions. Any func‐
tion required must by explicitly listed on the use line to be exported
into the calling package.
FUNCTIONS
mailaddress
Return a guess at the current users mail address. The user can
force the return value by setting the MAILADDRESS environment vari‐
able.
WARNING: When not supplied via the environment variable, <mailad‐
dress> looks at various configuration files and other environmental
data. Although this seems to be smart behavior, this is not pre‐
dictable enough (IMHO) to be used. Please set the MAILADDRESS
explicitly, and do not trust on the "automatic detection", even
when that produces a correct address (on the moment)
example:
# in your main script
$ENV{MAILADDRESS} = 'me@example.com';
# everywhere else
use Mail::Util 'mailaddress';
print mailaddress;
maildomain
Attempt to determine the current uers mail domain string via the
following methods
* Look for the MAILDOMAIN enviroment variable, which can be set
from outside the program. This is by far the best way to configure
the domain.
* Look for a sendmail.cf file and extract DH parameter
* Look for a smail config file and usr the first host defined in
hostname(s)
* Try an SMTP connect (if Net::SMTP exists) first to mailhost then
localhost
* Use value from Net::Domain::domainname (if Net::Domain exists)
WARNING: On modern machines, there is only one good way to provide
information to this method: the first; always explicitly configure
the MAILDOMAIN.
example:
# in your main script
$ENV{MAILDOMAIN} = 'example.com';
# everywhere else
use Mail::Util 'maildomain';
print maildomain;
read_mbox(FILE)
Read FILE, a binmail mailbox file, and return a list of refer‐
ences. Each reference is a reference to an array containg one mes‐
sage.
WARNING: This method does not quote lines which accidentally also
start with the message separator "From", so this implementation can
be considered broken. See Mail::Box::Mbox
SEE ALSO
This module is part of the MailTools distribution, http://perl.over‐
meer.net/mailtools/.
AUTHORS
The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Over‐
meer 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 2001-2007 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
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