Best perl-based POP3 client library.

[Trizor]

While there are plenty of POP3 Client libraries on CPAN, and plenty of discussion on using the individual modules, there isn't any good discussion or comparison of said modules. Were I better versed in using any of these Modules I would post a meditation comparing them from my experience, but when it comes to reading e-mail in perl I have no clue what to do.

So I ask you, fellow monks, what is your assesment of the myriad of options for reading POP3 on cpan? Which ones are good for light and simple tasks, which ones let you configure everything under the sun, etc.

[syphilis]

Hi Trizor,
I've only ever used Mail::POP3Client, and have no complaints about it. I found it particularly useful on a couple of occasions when I started receiving large amounts of spam containing rather large Windows viral attachments. I was getting (up to) about 100 of them every hour - damned things were arriving faster than my crappy dial-up connection could download them.

Anyway, it was nice to be able to run a Mail::POP3Client script that just connected to the server every 15 minutes or so, perused the headers and deleted each of the infected messages from the server, without me having to give it any more thought.

I've also used the same module to grab and print the headers and/or messages. I have no idea how it stacks up against the other POP3 client offerings - I've never experienced the need to look beyond it.

Cheers,
Rob

[oakbox]

I have to second Rob here, Mail::POP3Client is easy to use and fast. I was able to write an entire web-based mail reader around Mail::POP3Client in about 30 minutes.

Writing the mail SENDING part took a little bit longer :) Since there are no public links to this program any more you can download it here:

http://www.oakbox.com/scripts/oakmailer.shtml

And see Mail::POP3Client in action.

-Richard