Good day bros. I am trying to use Mail::POP3Client to get and process some Google alerts. The the response in Windows-1252 charset, and I'm having trouble getting the body decoded. There doesn't seem to be any decoder or charset function in POP3Client. How do I get this blasted thing decoded?

UPDATE: Oh yeah, I forgot...I tried mod Encode, i.e. $body = decode("Windows-1252",$pop->Body($i)); but I'm still getting the strange encodings, for example: 

<p style=3D"width:600px">
<a style=3D"color: #00f"
href=3D"http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=3D37132">
Defining propaganda: One man=92s truth is another man=92s propaganda</
+a><br>=

<font size=3D-1>
<font color=3D#666666>By BuckNaked
</font><br>

[download]
Many thanks... Steve

In reply to Mail::POP3Client Windows-1252 decoding by cormanaz

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