* Kurt Starsinic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030813 15:30]:
> On Aug 13, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote:
> > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
> >
> > modid: Mail::Box::Procmail
> > Mail::Box::Procmail is a set of scripts and some classes which
> > create procmail-like facilities. I already many modules in the
> > Mail::Box::* namespace, but this one would be released as separate
> > distribution.
> >
> > The main difference with the usual procmail implementations is that
> > you do not need to create a cryptic configuration file with its own
> > syntax (and therefore limitations), but you simply extend your own
> > program based on Mail::Box and User::Identity.
>
> I don't think it's a good idea to write something that works
> somewhat similarly to procmail, and calling it Mail::Box::Procmail.
> Maybe Mail::Box::Process?
"Procmail" as part of the name is to indicate the very comparible
application. I have plans to support procmailrc files as well, probably
using Mail::Procmailrc. Then it simply is procmail++
By using this name, I hope to attract more people into reading where this
module is all about.
> Also, does this operate on a mailbox (very much unlike procmail),
> or on incoming messages? If the latter, then ::Box probably doesn't
> belong in the name.
There is already a Mail::Procmail (from Johan Vromans) which is a
procmail implementation as usual. Besides, the "Mail::Box" in the
name is to explicitly state that it uses the Mail::Box library. I do
not want to distribute this software as integral part of the library,
because it would grow even larger than it already is (>100 modules)
But in many ways, like in the HTML documentation, they will be published
as one.
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