#!/usr/bin/perl

use Email::MIME;

$file = shift;
$which = shift;

##############################
# $which is:
# text = plain text portion
# html = html portion
##############################

local( $/, *FILE ) ;
open(FILE, $file);
$message = <FILE>;
close(FILE);


my $parsed = Email::MIME->new($message);
if ($parsed->content_type =~ m{^multipart/alternative}) {
    print get_text_parts($parsed)->body;
}

sub get_text_parts {
    my @parts = shift->parts;
    my %ct;

    $ct{$_->content_type} = $_ for @parts;
    return $ct{'text/plain'} if exists $ct{'text/plain'};
    return $ct{'text/html'} if exists $ct{'text/html'};
    return $parts[0] if $which =~ /text/;
    return $parts[1] if $which =~ /html/;
}