NAME

Net::IMAP::Simple - Perl extension for simple IMAP account handling, mostly compatible with Net::POP3.

SYNOPSIS 

    use Net::IMAP::Simple;


    # open a connection to the IMAP server
    $server = new Net::IMAP::Simple( $self->param( 'someserver' ) );


    # login
    $server->login( 'someuser', 'somepassword' );
    
    # select the desired folder
    $number_of_messages = select( 'somefolder' );


    # go through all the messages in the selected folder
    foreach $msg ( 1..$number_of_messages ) {


        # get the message
        $lines = $server->get( $msg );


        # print it
        print @$lines;
    }


    # the list of all folders
    @folders = $server->mailboxes();


    # create a folder
    $server->create_mailbox( 'newfolder' );


    # rename a folder
    $server->rename_mailbox( 'newfolder', 'renamedfolder' );


    # delete a folder
    $server->delete_mailbox( 'renamedfolder' );


    # copy a message to another folder
    $server->copy( $self, $msg, 'renamedfolder' );


    # close the connection
    $server->quit();

DESCRIPTION

This module is a simple way to access IMAP accounts. The API is mostly equivalent to the Net::POP3 one, with some aditional methods for mailbox handling.

BUGS

I don't know how the module reacts to nested mailboxes.

This module was only tested under Netscape IMAP4rev1 Service 3.6, so expect some problems with servers from other vendors (then again, if all of them are implementing the IMAP protocol, it should work - but we all know how it goes).

AUTHOR

Joao Fonseca, [email protected]

SEE ALSO

Net::IMAP(1), Net::POP3(1).

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999 Joao Fonseca. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.