Mail::Util(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Util(3)NAMEMail::Util - mail utility functions
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.
read_mbox( $file )
Read $file, a binmail mailbox file, and return a list of references.
Each reference is a reference to an array containg one message.
maildomain()
Attempt to determine the current uers mail domain string via the fol-
lowing methods
* Look for the MAILDOMAIN enviroment variable, which can be set from
outside the program.
* Look for a sendmail.cf file and extract DH parameter
* Look for a smail config file and usr the first host defined in host-
name(s)
* Try an SMTP connect (if Net::SMTP exists) first to mailhost then
localhost
* Use value from Net::Domain::domainname (if Net::Domain exists)
mailaddress()
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)
AUTHOR
Graham Barr.
Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Mark Overmeer, 1995-2001 Graham Barr. All
rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.8.8 2007-05-11 Mail::Util(3)
