email format and NET::POP3

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

Hello, I'm using NET::POP3 to read mail from a POP account. All is working fine, but the format of the messages are in something that doesn't entirely work well for the human reader. Ex:

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>This is a personal email asking 
+=
you to join
me in volunteering for this upcoming election.&nbsp; I am planning on
volunteering Monday, November 7th from 3:30 to 8:00 pm. and then on =
Tuesday, election
day, from 9am to 5pm. &nbsp;It would be fun to do this with friends an
+d =
family
and mobilize our community.&nbsp; Instead of complaining, let&#8217;s 
+=
give pitch
in our time and create change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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I want to change this HTML, weird mess (and the weird mark-up with the equals signs before the carriage returns, etc) into plain text. Any suggestions on how this might be accomplished? Thanks for any help!

"No matter where you go, there you are." Jeff Pflueger

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Re: email format and NET::POP3 by spiritway (Vicar) on Nov 06, 2005 at 23:21 UTC
You could also try Email::MIME. Those equal signs are part of encoding that this module can help you unsnarl.	[reply]
Re: email format and NET::POP3 by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Nov 06, 2005 at 23:08 UTC
I want to change this HTML, weird mess (and the weird mark-up with the equals signs before the carriage returns, etc) into plain text. I'd take a look at HTML::Strip or HTML::Parser and implement something using one of those modules. Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]