I am very new to Perl and Perl Monks (this is my first post actually) but have been asked by the Boss to research modules to use for the reading and writing of MIME emails. I have searched CPAN (using "Mail" and "Email" - though I admit to not going any deeper then the first 5 pages each) and found the Mail::Box module (it only reads). By also referencing an older book I have (O'Reillys "Programming Internet Mail" 1999) I was also directed to MIME-Lite (only writes) and MIME-tools. (MailFolder was also referenced but it is still in alpha so I skipped it.)
I am considering refering MIME-tools since it seems to have all the functionality I need but it also seems a bit of over kill. The alternative I am also considering recommending is using Mail::Box and MIME-Lite to cover the needed functionality without a lot of extras.
Now for my questions (finally). First - have I missed any modules (or group of modules) that should be taken into consideration as a viable solution? Second - Of my 2 possible solutions - which do you think is better and why?
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