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- =head1 NAME
-
- Mail::Util - mail utility functions
-
- =head1 INHERITANCE
-
- Mail::Util
- is a Exporter
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Mail::Util qw( ... );
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This package provides several mail related utility functions. Any function
- required must by explicitly listed on the use line to be exported into
- the calling package.
-
- =head1 FUNCTIONS
-
- B<mailaddress>
-
- =over 4
-
- Return a guess at the current users mail address. The user can force
- the return value by setting the MAILADDRESS environment variable.
-
- WARNING:
- When not supplied via the environment variable, <mailaddress> looks at
- various configuration files and other environmental data. Although this
- seems to be smart behavior, this is not predictable 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;
-
- =back
-
- B<maildomain>
-
- =over 4
-
- Attempt to determine the current uers mail domain string via the following
- methods
-
- =over 4
-
- =item * 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.
-
- =item * Look for a sendmail.cf file and extract DH parameter
-
- =item * Look for a smail config file and usr the first host defined in hostname(s)
-
- =item * Try an SMTP connect (if Net::SMTP exists) first to mailhost then localhost
-
- =item * Use value from Net::Domain::domainname (if Net::Domain exists)
-
- =back
-
- 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;
-
- =back
-
- B<read_mbox>(FILE)
-
- =over 4
-
- Read FILE, a binmail mailbox file, and return a list of references.
- Each reference is a reference to an array containg one message.
-
- WARNING:
- This method does not quote lines which accidentally also start with the
- message separator C<From>, so this implementation can be considered
- broken. See Mail::Box::Mbox
-
- =back
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- This module is part of the MailTools distribution,
- F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.
-
- =head1 AUTHORS
-
- The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark
- Overmeer took over maintenance without development.
-
- Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>.
- Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>.
- Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>.
- For other contributors see ChangeLog.
-
- =head1 LICENSE
-
- Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and
- 2001-2007 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the same terms as Perl itself.
- See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
-
-