=encoding utf8 =head1 NAME MailTools - bundle of ancient email modules =head1 SYNOPSIS # This is a place-holder for the distribution =head1 DESCRIPTION MailTools is a bundle: an ancient form of combining packages into one distribution. Gladly, it can be distributed as if it is a normal distribution as well. B<Be warned:> The code you find here is very old. It works for simple emails, but when you start with new code then please use more sofisticated libraries. The main reason that you still find this code on CPAN, is because many books use it as example. =head2 Component In this distribution, you find =over 4 =item Mail::Address Parse email address from a header line. =item Mail::Cap Interpret mailcap files: mappings of file-types to applications as used by many command-line email programs. =item Mail::Field Simplifies access to (some) email header fields. Used by L<Mail::Header|Mail::Header>. =item Mail::Filter Process L<Mail::Internet|Mail::Internet> messages. =item Mail::Header Collection of L<Mail::Field|Mail::Field> objects, representing the header of a L<Mail::Internet|Mail::Internet> object. =item Mail::Internet Represents a single email message, with header and body. =item Mail::Mailer Send L<Mail::Internet|Mail::Internet> emails via direct smtp or local MTA's. =item Mail::Send Build a L<Mail::Internet|Mail::Internet> object, and then send it out using L<Mail::Mailer|Mail::Mailer>. =item Mail::Util "Smart functions" you should not depend on. =back =head1 SEE ALSO This module is part of the MailTools distribution, F<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>. =head1 AUTHORS The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Overmeer took over maintenance without commitment to further development. Mail::Cap by Gisle Aas E<lt>aas@oslonett.noE<gt>. Mail::Field::AddrList by Peter Orbaek E<lt>poe@cit.dkE<gt>. Mail::Mailer and Mail::Send by Tim Bunce E<lt>Tim.Bunce@ig.co.ukE<gt>. For other contributors see ChangeLog. =head1 LICENSE Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt> and 2001-2017 Mark Overmeer E<lt>perl@overmeer.netE<gt>. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>