I usually suggest MIME::Parser for breaking up emails in to nice seperate parts. See if that fits your needs. As for fetching the mail, look at one of the POP modules, or Mail::IMAPClient or Mail::Cclient if you use IMAP.
Cheers, Kevin On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 07:34:39AM -0500, Jerry Preston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > Hi! > > I need to be able to read incoming e-mail break down it's contents, input > this data into an oracle table, do some numbers based on this data. Then > generate a new e-mail and send it back. > > The only part that is new to me here is the e-mail. What is the best and or > easiest way to deal with e-mail and to get started? I have seen comments > based on CPAN, Net::SMTP, MIME, Net::POP3 etc. > > What do I need to read? > > Thanks, > > Jerry -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer? -- Steven Wright -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]