Try Mail-IMAPClient and IO::Socket::SSL instead (sorry about bad module choice earlier):

use strict;
use warnings;
require IO::Socket::SSL;
require Mail::IMAPClient;

# Gmail does not provide a non-SSL IMAP server.
my $socket = IO::Socket::SSL->new("imap.gmail.com:993") 
my $imap = Mail::IMAPClient->new(  
    Server  => 'imap.gmail.com'
    User    => 'you@gmail_labs.com',
    Password=> $pass,
    Socket  => $socket,
) or die "Cannot connect to $host as $id: $@";

my %address_list;
my @messages = $imap->messages();

foreach my $message (@messages) {
    my $envelope = $imap->get_envelope($message);
    my $from = $envelope->from();
    foreach my $from_address (@{$from}) {
        $address_list{$from_address} = 1;
    }
    my $to = $envelope->to();
    foreach my $to_address (@{$to}) {
        $address_list{$to_address} = 1;
    }
    my $cc = $envelope->cc();
    foreach my $cc_address (@{$cc}) {
        $address_list{$cc_address} = 1;
    }
    my $replyto = $envelope->replyto();
    foreach my $replyto_address (@{$replyto}) {
        $address_list{$replyto_address} = 1;
    }
    my $sender = $envelope->sender();
    foreach my $sender_address (@{$sender}) {
        $address_list{$cc_address} = 1;
    }
}

$imap->logout();

my @address_list = keys %address_list;
...
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Note that this will only catch message in the root IMAP folder ATM - although it can be easily extended. But then, does GMail have real "folders" as such?

As I said, this was a quickie. It's $imap->to_addresses you'll need to use, rather than $imap->to, and so on. (the second returns parsed objects, the first returns e-mail addresses as strings)

Oh, forgot. You have to enable IMAP first. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77695 has how to do that. Also, it's $imap->to_addresses you'll need to use, rather than $imap->to, and so on.

Thanks - looks nice; it was the modules with gmail in the name that I was having trouble with.

Maybe you could tell us what you have tried?

• Which specific CPAN modules did you try?
• What specific problems did you see?
  • Did the modules download? Did they install?
  • Could you access them in your scripts? Are they on your include path? (if not, check the value of @INC)
  • If so, did the script connect to Google's website?
• What specific error messages did you see at the point where things stopped working?
• If you were able to install the module and use the module in your code, what does your code look like? Could you post a sample?
• Finally, what communication protocols do the modules you've tried rely on? Are you sure your system's firewall is set up to allow outgoing and incoming messages using that protocol?

Best, beth