Hello Monks

I am so knew to Perl, so please bear with me!

I have some mailboxes that store all messages inside a single file handle! Each message begins with... 

##########

From name@domain.com time_sent

##########

[download]

There are other lines inside each message that start with 'From'!

Example....

mail header... 

##########

From: name@domain

##########

[download]

The other 'From(s)' that are inside a message body that start on a 'new line' are pushed out using a single '\s'
so that the message starting and ending point can always be found!

example... (From contained in a message body) 

#########

(space)From

#########

[download]

So knowing that information what would be the best way to split each message! Only starting to learn Perl so I am
confused at what would be best to use to handle this! A friend said to use index() and then store each postion in a
array! I tried that in a for() loop, but with over 50,000 messages in some mailboxes it seemed to be not the best way
to use (2) index() calls then a single substr() to grab each message!

Thank You

Cookie

In reply to Mailbox spliting and storing each message! by cookiez

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.