Also, since I suspect you'll need a different method for getting your message from the mailserver, can you use Mail::POP3Client or Mail::IMAPClient to get the message?

The problem with this approach is that I'm not getting a message from a server here. I literally receive the email message directly, via an /etc/mail/aliases line that references it as such:

  script-email-addr:      "|/var/perl/myscript.pl"

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There is no mailbox, port, daemon, or process involved (other than my perl script), and in fact, the message is never actually written to disk anywhere by the MDA. I receive it as a stream of bytes, directly into the script doing the processing of the message. Basically looks like this:

  my $message     = new Mail::Internet ([<>]);
  my $from        = $message->get('From');
  my $subject     = $message->get('Subject');
  my $received    = $message->get('Received');
  my @body        = @{$message->body()};

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From here, I can grok the bits of the message, everything except the attachment. That's the missing link I need to solve to implement this next feature. Ideas?

In reply to Re: Dealing with "Detachments" by hacker
in thread Dealing with "Detachments" by hacker

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