Tassilo von Parseval writes: >[ carbon-copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > >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.
I do use Mail::Folder, and find it works quite well, despite its lack of support. I haven't tried Mail::Box or Mail::MboxParser. I think Mail::Folder is the best name for an application of this type. Have you investigated the possibility of taking over maintenance of that module? Is your API similar? --Bill. -- William R Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wards.net/~bill/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
