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 function 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 following methods
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)
mailaddress()
Return a guess at the current users mail address. The user
can force the return value by setting $ENV{MAILADDRESS}
AUTHOR
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1995-8 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.
16/Feb/1998 perl 5.005, patch 03 1
