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Mail::Util(3)                        User Contributed Perl Documentation                       Mail::Util(3)



NAME
       Mail::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 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 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 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                                      2006-01-21                                    Mail::Util(3)