Have spent quite a bit of time trying to get the attachment stripper working. Here is the latest (test) code ..

#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Slurp qw( read_file );
use Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper;
use Data::Dumper;

my $path = '/home/*****/Mail/.family.directory/Browne, Bill & Martha';
my $outfile = 'output.txt';

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my @files = RecursivePathSearch( $path );
    #for my $file ( @files ){
        #SomethingHere( $file );
        my $test_file = '/home/*******/Mail/.family.directory/12809159
+07.6583.I9x0z:2,S';
        StripperMeAddys( $test_file );
        
    #}
}
sub RecursivePathSearch {
    my( $path ) = @_;
    use File::Find::Rule qw/ find rule/;
    return rule(
        file =>
        not_name =>  [ '*.pl', ],
      )->in( $path );
}

sub SomethingHere {
    my( $file ) = @_;
    use Path::Tiny qw/ path /;
    use Email::Address;
    my $stuff = path( $file )->slurp_raw;
    return Email::Address->parse( $stuff );
}

sub StripperMeAddys {
    my( $test_file ) = @_;
    my $intext = File::Slurp::read_file( $test_file );
    
    my $parsed = Email::MIME->new($intext);
    #print "Parsed content :\n". Dumper( $parsed) . "\n";

    my $parts = $parsed->parts;
    print "Number of email parts : $parts\n";

    my @parts = $parsed->parts;
    my $stripper;

    if ($parts > 1) {
        $stripper = Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper->new($parts[1]);
    }
    else {
        $stripper = $parsed;
    }

    print "Stripper content :\n". Dumper( $stripper) . "\n";
    my @emails = Email::Address->parse( $stripper );
      
    File::Slurp::write_file( $outfile, {append => 1 }, join("\n", @ema
+ils) );
    
    return;
}
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There is nothing being put out to the outfile.txt I get a message that there are 3 parts in the test file, which is correct. I want to process the first part only. When searching for other examples of people using this attachment stripper, most of the posts had problems with it. Does it really work ? Is there an alternate code to bypass attachments ?

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