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Subject: ANNOUNCE: MailFolder-0.06
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The newest version (0.06) of the Mail::Folder module has been posted to
CPAN under my author id (KJOHNSON) and name (Kevin_Johnson).
... perl's response to the Law of Software Envelopment ...
Mail::Folder provides a perl module interface to email folders that is
independent from the physical folders. The actual work on folders is
done with folder interface modules lying 'beneath' the Mail::Folder
interface.
The module is still in alpha release. Think twice about using it to
modify folders that you consider important (at the very least make
backup copies :-). That being said, I'll mention that I use it as the
sole interface to my email at home.
The method interface is currently in an evaluation phase. Before it
goes to beta, I expect to make method interface changes that won't be
backwards compatible.
The current version was developed and tested against 5.003_97 or
newer. Older versions won't work.
Here are some of the more notable new features and unmalfeatures added
since the last release:
+ Had to nuke support for flock locking temporarily - sorry.
+ No longer needs File::BasicFlock (a replacement is in the works).
+ DotLocking can optionally be made NFS-safe.
+ Fixed some race conditions with folder locking.
+ Various bug fixes, cleanups, and optimizations.
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NOTE: The next release will probably have several incompatible :NOTE
NOTE: interface changes. :NOTE
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Refer to the provided README file for additional information.
I am keenly interested in feedback from folks doing interesting stuff
with the package.
Please report any bugs/suggestions to <
[email protected]>.
Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Kevin Johnson <
[email protected]>
All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
--
thx,
[email protected] http://www.pobox.com/~kjj/
