------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:58:16 +0200, "awarsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I don't understand what the explanation says about Header? what is basically > a header > This is why it is so important to use a module for parsing mail :-). Essentially a mail message (or many network protocol requests) are divided into two parts, a header and a body. The header describes information about that particular request, in the case of a mail message it contains the addresses of the people the message are to, from, cc'd, along with other information like the date, special X-headers, etc. (view all headers in any mail client to see additional examples). The last header field is followed by a double new line to indicate the headers are done and the body can start. Now comes the hairy part, in the body of a MIME message there can be additional header/body sections (which can be recursively embedded) which defines the various MIME parts of a message. So MIME::Parser provides a header object such that you can access certain "fields" (i.e. To:) within that header. HTH, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
