I'm attempting to iterate through a mailbox in Outlook, and apply a substitution regex to each message. Currently my script runs without error, but no changes are actually made to the messages in the mailbox. Does anyone have any experience with OLE who can give me an idea as to why this isn't working? Pertinent part of the code below: 
for my $itemIndex (1..$items->Count) {
    my $body = $items->Item($itemIndex)->Body;
    $body =~ s/\s+<\//<\//g;
    $items->Item($itemIndex)->{'Body'} = $body;
    $items->Item($itemIndex)->Save;
}

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In reply to Outlook MailItem Body Question by Anonymous Monk

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