Copy email to anther folder using pop3

my600080 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, This is what I've done.

I'm using Mail::POP3Client to fetch emails from an email server and save everything, and delete the message.

But before deletion, I would like to copy it to another folder to save for a few days. Is it possible with Mail::POP3Client? If not, maybe use Mail::Folder to save locally? Thanks!

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Re: Copy email to anther folder using pop3 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 16, 2010 at 01:22 UTC
POP3 does not have a concept of "folders". You will either need to save the mail locally or use another protocol, like IMAP, if your server supports that.	[reply]
Re^2: Copy email to anther folder using pop3 by my600080 (Novice) on Jan 18, 2010 at 13:46 UTC
Thanks for the information. When saving the email locally, what I can think of is that, creating a folder with the date and email subject as the folder name, and inside the folder, are the email body and attachments. Is this a common way to save emails? Thanks a lot!	[reply]
Re^3: Copy email to anther folder using pop3 by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 18, 2010 at 13:58 UTC
When I did an export of Lotus Notes to files, that was the approach I used. I'm not aware of a good, monolithic way to store emails and a corresponding folder structure which can be read from more than one email client, unless you use your own IMAP server.	[reply]