in reply to Re^3: POP3 client - end
in thread POP3 client - end

dear w3b

thks for this script, but I prefered to rewrite it a bit to add some featurs and I have not liked so much the tied file. I have wrapped the display function in 3 subs for readbility and to print the text without headers. Need a regexed monk to grind this line: $text =~s/<[^>]*>//gs;to remove html tags from the text result. 
greetings from roma Lor*


#!/usr/bin/perl 
use warnings;
use strict;
use Net::POP3;
                #use Tie::File;
use Term::ReadKey;
                #tie my @file, "Tie::File", "dane";
                my @file;


if ($#file != 1){
print "Write pop3 server adress:\n";
chomp($file[0] = <STDIN>);
print "Write login:\n";
chomp($file[1] = <STDIN>);
}

my $time = scalar localtime;
my ($msg, $msgnum);
my $sep_bold = '#'x80;

print "Write password:\n";
ReadMode 'noecho';
chomp(my $key = <STDIN>);
ReadMode 'restore';
                                    
my $pop = Net::POP3->new($file[0]);
my $res = $pop->login($file[1], $key);

if ($res>0){print"$sep_bold\nConnect!\nOn $time e-mail status inbox: $
+res post \n$sep_bold\n";}
else {print "$sep_bold\nCouldn't connect $!\n$sep_bold\n";exit;}

my $syntax = "\tafter login you have this choices:\n
\ta number to print the subj of specified mail.
\ta range of number to do the same for specified messages.
\tall to print out all the subjects.
\thnum (e.g. h99) to print the header only of the message.
\trnum (e.g. r99) to print only the text of the message.
\tx to quit clean
\t? to print this help.\n\n";


while($res)
{
  my $msg_id;
  my $msg_title;
  my $msg_text;

  print "$sep_bold\n  Make your choice! (all | 99 | 1-99 | h99 | r99 |
+ x | ?) \n$sep_bold\n";
  chomp($msg_id = <STDIN>);

if ($msg_id eq 'all')               # tutti i subj
{foreach my $item(1..$res) {print "$item - ",&get_subject($item),"\n";
+}}

elsif ($msg_id =~/^(\d+)-(\d+)$/)   # range di subj
{foreach my $item($1..$2){print "$item - ",&get_subject($item),"\n";}}

elsif ($msg_id =~/^(\d+)$/)         # un solo subj
{print "$msg_id - ",&get_subject($1),"\n";}

elsif ($msg_id =~/^h\s?(\d+)$/i)    # header di uno solo msg
{print "$msg_id - ",&get_subject($1),"\n";my $ref = &get_head($1);prin
+t "\t$_" for @$ref;}

elsif ($msg_id =~/^r\s?(\d+)$/i)    # testo di uno solo  msg
{print "$msg_id :\n ";print &get_text($1)}

elsif ($msg_id =~/\?/i)    # help
{print "$sep_bold\nSYNTAX $0:\n$syntax\n$sep_bold\n"}

elsif ($msg_id =~/x|q|exit|quit/i)    # esci
{print "GOODBY ..\n ";$pop->quit();exit;}

else {next}
}


############################ subroutines #############################
+#####
sub get_subject
{
 my $msg_id = shift;
 my $msg = $pop->get($msg_id);
 for my $line ( @$msg )
 {if( $line =~ /^Subject:(.*)/ ) { return $1}}
}
############################
sub get_head
{
 my $msg_id = shift;
 my $msg = $pop->top($msg_id);
 return $msg;
}
############################
sub get_text
{
  my $msg_id = shift;
  my $head_ref = &get_head($msg_id);
  my $msg = $pop->get($msg_id);
  for (@$head_ref){shift @$msg  } # cut headers
  my $text = "@$msg";#$line=~s/<html>.*<\/html>/''/g;
  $text  =~s{<([^>])+>|&([^;])+;}{}gsx;
  return $text;
  #for my $line ( @$msg ){print "\t$line"}

}

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