Yeah, the docs aren't that vague for Net::IMAP::Simple in my opinion. It says that $imap->list($number) returns the number of bytes. It'll also return all the sizes as an array @a = $imap->list if you call it without an argument.

Normally I wouldn't write out the whole thing (as I think it spoils most of the fun), but in this case I actually wanted it for my own purposes and it's really just a cut and paste from the docs anyway. (spoilers within) 

use strict;
use Net::IMAP::Simple;
use Number::Format;

my $fmt = new Number::Format;

# Create the object
my $imap = Net::IMAP::Simple->new('yourisp') ||
  die "Unable to connect to IMAP: $Net::IMAP::Simple::errstr\n";

# Log on
if(!$imap->login('loluser', 'secretpassword')){
   print STDERR "Login failed: " . $imap->errstr . "\n";
   exit(64);
}

# Print the subject's of all the messages in the INBOX
my $nm = $imap->select('INBOX');

my $total = 0;
for my $i ( 1 .. $nm ) {
    my $size = $imap->list($i);

    print "", ($imap->seen($i) ? "* " : "  "), $fmt->format_bytes($siz
+e, 1), " bytes\n";

    $total += $size;
}

$imap->quit;

print "\n total = ", $fmt->format_bytes($total, 1), " bytes\n";

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-Paul

In reply to Re: IMAP & File Sizes by jettero
in thread IMAP & File Sizes by pileofrogs

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