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Mail-Box
(2.105)
The package itself is very capable and does pretty much anything you throw at it. That said, the documentation leaves a lot to be desired. Too much emphasis is placed on the internal details of how it works as opposed to simply giving a "black box" view of how to accomplish your goal. For example, a clear way of creating a POP3 mailbox accessor isn't provided until several pages down in the documentation on the POP3 module. It should be, IMO, at the very top of it.
David Bialac - 2012-08-14T13:03:38 (permalink)
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Mail-Box
(2.104)
As a previous reviewer said, this does it all. It's not the easiest module to get started with, but once you've followed a few examples, it becomes natural.
The documentation is excellent, as is the support and response to bugs.
Andrew Beverley - 2012-05-06T06:30:12 (permalink)
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Mail-Box
(2.084)
I usually do web apps, but a client threw a .dbx file at me that needed some manipulation.
Mail::Box+++++++
Did it on windows and compiled the app with PAR. Worked flawlessly.
Mail::Box+++++++
Todd Wade - 2008-11-14T23:27:48 (permalink)
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Mail-Box (2.069)
[This review was actually for cpanratings.perl.org/dist/MailTools, but accidentally placed in the Mail::Box section. Follow the link for a rated review]
Jos Boumans - 2007-01-07T06:20:37 (permalink)
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Mail-Box
(2.065)
Mail::Box is a heavy distribution, but it does it all.
I think that I would go as far as saying it is over engineered in places, but email is a tough nut to crack.
My only grudge is that sometimes the complexity of it all requires you to do lots and lots of doc/code diving to figure out what to actually do.
יובל קוג'מן - 2004-01-02T07:20:03 (permalink)
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