Download email from SMTP server

[haf1zur]

Hi

What i need to do is download an email from an smtp server and then
extract the attachments

I tried searching for various things, but could not find anything that
did it. The smtp server is ms exchange, and if anyone can point me to a
module or example where this is shown then i would be greatful

Thanks in advance

hafizur

 

[Juha Laiho]

What i need to do is download an email from an smtp server and then
extract the attachments

I tried searching for various things, but could not find anything that
did it. The smtp server is ms exchange, and if anyone can point me to a
module or example where this is shown then i would be greatful

First, this message is offtopic here.

Second, you don't (typically) download emails from SMTP servers (ok,
SMTP ETRN does exist, but doesn't seem that popular). It might be
that you download messages from a server reachable also by SMTP, but
SMTP itself has no part in getting the messages. Most probably, you'll
be interested in IMAP protocol (if it happens to be enabled on your
Exchange server).

There are ways to talk to IMAP servers using perl; see the CPAN
module archive for details -- then if you have issues on how to
use your chosen module, this is the place for discussion on the
problems with that module (comp.lang.perl.modules would be even
more on topic).