If that's the output you're getting, you're not using textify. Aristotle confused $text with $stream from your code, but you shouldn't. 
use strict;
use warnings;

my $html =<<'__BOB__';
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<DIV><FONT color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="54005130
+1-30062000">Steve,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="54005130
+1-30062000"></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="54005130
+1-30062000">The picture was one that you pointed me at in the paper a
+ couple of weeks ago. I don't have any pictures of mine yet.</SPAN></
+FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="54005130
+1-30062000"></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="54005130
+1-30062000">Tom</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV align="left" class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr"><FONT face="T
+ahoma" size="2">-----Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> eat@joes.com [mailt
+o:eat@joes.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 10, 2005 3:50 PM<BR><B>T
+o:</B> google.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Test] another test<BR><BR><
+/DIV></FONT><TT>Tom wrote:<BR>&gt;OK, I finally figured out that you 
+can post online at the website or just<BR>&gt;send an e-mail.<BR><BR>
+Oh and the pic... it looks like it was shot during an<BR>earthquake.&
+nbsp; :-)<BR><BR>Steve<BR></TT><TT>To unsubscribe from this group, se
+nd an email to:<BR>listmod@google.com<BR><BR></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<br><br> </div>
</td></tr></table>

__BOB__

use HTML::TokeParser;

{
    my $stream = HTML::TokeParser->new( \$html );

    $stream->{textify} = { br => '' };

    my $text = $stream->get_text ("/table");

    warn $text;
}

{
    my $stream = HTML::TokeParser->new( \$html );

    $stream->{textify} = {
        br => sub {
            my $t = \@_;
            if( $t->[0] eq 'S' and
                $t->[1] eq 'br') {
                return '<br>';
            }
            return;
        }
    };

    my $text = $stream->get_text ("/table");

    warn $text;
}

__END__


 Steve, 
   
 The picture was one that you pointed me at in the paper a couple of w
+eeks ago. I don't have any pictures of mine yet. 
   
 Tom 
 
 -----Message-----[BR]From: eat@joes.com [mailto:eat@joes.com][BR]Sent
+: Monday, June 10, 2005 3:50 PM[BR]To: google.com[BR]Subject: Re: [Te
+st] another test[BR][BR] Tom wrote:[BR]>OK, I finally figured out tha
+t you can post online at the website or just[BR]>send an e-mail.[BR][
+BR]Oh and the pic... it looks like it was shot during an[BR]earthquak
+e.  :-)[BR][BR]Steve[BR]To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
+ to:[BR]listmod@google.com[BR][BR][BR] 
[BR][BR]  
   at html.tokeparser.textify.pl line 27.

 Steve, 
   
 The picture was one that you pointed me at in the paper a couple of w
+eeks ago. I don't have any pictures of mine yet. 
   
 Tom 
 
 -----Message-----<br>From: eat@joes.com [mailto:eat@joes.com]<br>Sent
+: Monday, June 10, 2005 3:50 PM<br>To: google.com<br>Subject: Re: [Te
+st] another test<br><br> Tom wrote:<br>>OK, I finally figured out tha
+t you can post online at the website or just<br>>send an e-mail.<br><
+br>Oh and the pic... it looks like it was shot during an<br>earthquak
+e.  :-)<br><br>Steve<br>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
+ to:<br>listmod@google.com<br><br><br> 
<br><br>  
   at html.tokeparser.textify.pl line 46.

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In reply to Re^5: Tokeparser Textify Command by PodMaster
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