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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:15:08PM -0800 William R Ward wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to perl.modules as well.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tassilo Von Parseval) writes:
> > could my module Mail::MboxParser be included in the Perl 5 module list?
> > Namespace has already been registered and granted quite a while ago.
> > Data entered for this module on pause.cpan.org reflect the current state
> > of the module. It would best suit into section 19, "Mail and Usenet
> > News".
>
> What does this do that Mail::Folder doesn't?
Well, unlike Mail::Folder, MboxParser is actually supported and
maintained, no longer in alpha-state, about one hundred times faster,
doesn't let you fiddle too much with MIME etc. Did you ever have a look at
its interface or even used it? I guess not.
Anyway, this is quite an irrelevant question: Mail::Box by Mark Overmeer
is also to be found in the module list despite the face that is similar
to Mail::Folder (just much more powerful and modern).
The nature of emails have changed a lot since 1998 (think of MIME).
Mail::Folder does not reflect these changes in any way. Once Perl 6 is
out it will be gone forever since no one is maintaining it.
Tassilo
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