Have you looked at Mail::Box ? It does all you want and more.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Mail::Box::Manager;

my $manager = Mail::Box::Manager->new();

# source folder
my $source_folder = $manager->open( folder => '/path/to/folder' )
  or die $!;

# two destinations
my $destination_1 = $manager->open(
    folder => '/path/to/destination/1',
    create => 1,
    access => 'rw',
) or die $!,
my $destination_2 = $manager->open(
    folder => '/path/to/destination/2',
    create => 1,
    access => 'rw',
) or die $!;

foreach my $msg ( $source_folder->messages() ){
    if( $msg->isMultipart() ){
        # msg has attachments
    }

    if( $msg->subject() =~ m/some_flag/ ){
        # do something with msg
        # $msg->copyTo($destination_1);
        # or $manager->copyMessage($destination_2, $msg );
    }
}

$manager->closeAllFolders();

1;

[download]

It has great documentation as well!


cp
----
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In reply to Re: UNIX Mail Box and Mail Parsing by crouchingpenguin
in thread UNIX Mail Box and Mail Parsing by draconis

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