I'm not sure if I can help you solve your problem ...

Update (further research): I noticed three things:

• As long as I use $parser->output_to_core(1); I don't get the path. Changing to $parser->output_under("/tmp"); does return a path.
• Your for $part(@parts){ }-loop runs one iteration too often, so your error message comes from the last call, where no parts are left.
• method 1: change $entity->bodyhandle->path; to $part->bodyhandle->path;.

The following code works fine for me:

 
use MIME::Parser;

split_entity($entity); # $entity is a MIME::Entity object

################################################
sub split_entity {
################################################
  local $entity = shift;
  my $num_parts = $entity->parts; # how many mime parts?

  if ($num_parts) { # we have a multipart mime message

    foreach (1..$num_parts) {

      split_entity( $entity->parts($_ - 1) ); # recursive call
    }

  } else { # we have a single mime message/part

    if ($entity->effective_type =~ /^text\/plain$/) { # text message

      handle_text($entity->bodyhandle->as_string);

    } else { # no text message

      handle_other($entity->bodyhandle->path);

    }
  }
}
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As you can see, I use path as you did and it is working perfectly.

I further recommend using a similar recursive call as some mailers seem to nest multipart messages and you maybe want to parse them correctly to any depth.

alex pleiner <alex@zeitform.de>
zeitform Internet Dienste