For that matter, why not trim down the first few lines? If I count correctly, you check for the existence of these files three times: glob, -e, and readdir

I also think that a substr would be a much simpler idea here than a split command. (But I will concede that split(/im/,$message,2) will work fine) 

foreach $from (glob("$free_path/$Account::cata_acc/_data/messages/im*"
+)) {
  substr($from, 0, 2) = '';   # Delete the leading "im"
  print <<EOF;                # Trimmed for brevity
trim=window.open("...")
trim.creator=self
EOF
}

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In reply to Re: getting a filename by buckaduck
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