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.

AUTHOR

Graham Barr.

Maintained by Mark Overmeer <mailtools@overmeer.net>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 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.