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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


the program.

  *  Look for the MAILDOMAIN enviroment variable, which can be set from outside
  *  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.

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