geoffeg has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello. I'm trying to use Mail::Box::IMAP4 and I need to list all the available files in a directory (/home/username/mail/). I can't find a method that will do this in M::B::IMAP4. I'm trying to write a dumb little mail client that can access mail through IMAP but I need it to show me the list of all the files in the directory so I can choose which one to process as a mail spool/folder. Thanks, Geoffeg

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Re: Mail::Box::IMAP4
by idsfa (Vicar) on Apr 23, 2004 at 20:42 UTC

    The docs suggest:

     my $folder = $mgr->open('=in/new');
 my @subs = $folder->listSubFolders;

 my @subs = Mail::Box::IMAP4->listSubFolders(folder => '=in/new');
 my @subs = Mail::Box::IMAP4->listSubFolders; # toplevel folders.

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    But if you are using local folders, don't you want Mail::Box::Mbox? (NB, the docs indicate that mbox files "For MBOX folders, sub-folders are simulated."

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