NAME
    MIME-tools - modules for parsing (and creating!) MIME entities

SYNOPSIS
    For each of access, the MIME-tools manual has been split up into several
    sections:

       MIME::
         Tools::  
  
           primer      Don't know what MIME is?  Learn the basics here.    
           overview    A quick tour of the toolkit and what it can do.
      
           changes     Change log for the toolkit.
           config      How to configure the toolkit.
           diag        Diagnostics used by the toolkit, for troubleshooting.
           faq         I try to answer all questions here.
           tips        Friendly words of wisdom before you begin coding.
           traps       Common pitfalls to avoid.
           tricks      Cool ways to do useful things.      

    E.g., "perldoc MIME::Tools::overview".

DESCRIPTION
    MIME-tools is a collection of Perl5 MIME:: modules for parsing,
    decoding, *and generating* single- or multipart (even nested multipart)
    MIME messages. (Yes, kids, that means you can send messages with
    attached GIF files).

REQUIREMENTS
    You will need the following installed on your system:

            File::Path
            File::Spec
            IPC::Open2              (optional)
            IO::Scalar, ...         from the IO-stringy distribution
            MIME::Base64
            MIME::QuotedPrint
            Net::SMTP
            Mail::Internet, ...     from the MailTools distribution.
            Unicode::Map
            Unicode::String

    See the Makefile.PL in your distribution for the most-comprehensive list
    of prerequisite modules and their version numbers.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com), ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).

    Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 by ZeeGee Software Inc (www.zeegee.com).

    All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute
    it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See the COPYING
    file in the distribution for details.

SUPPORT
    Please email me directly with questions/problems (see AUTHOR below).

    If you want to be placed on an email distribution list (not a mailing
    list!) for MIME-tools, and receive bug reports, patches, and updates as
    to when new MIME-tools releases are planned, just email me and say so.
    If your project is using MIME-tools, it might not be a bad idea to find
    out about those bugs *before* they become problems...

VERSION
    $Revision: 6.108 $

CHANGES
    See the MIME::Tools::changes manpage for the full change log.

AUTHOR
  Primary maintainer

    MIME-tools was created by:

        ___  _ _ _   _  ___ _
       / _ \| '_| | | |/ _ ' /    Eryq, (eryq@zeegee.com)
      |  __/| | | |_| | |_| |     President, ZeeGee Software Inc.
       \___||_|  \__, |\__, |__   http://www.zeegee.com/
                 |___/    |___/

    Released as MIME-parser (1.0): 28 April 1996. Released as MIME-tools
    (2.0): Halloween 1996. Released as MIME-tools (4.0): Christmas 1997.
    Released as MIME-tools (5.0): Mother's Day 2000. Released as MIME-tools
    (6.0): May Day 2003. (m'aidez!)

  Acknowledgments

    This kit would not have been possible but for the direct contributions
    of the following:

        Gisle Aas             The MIME encoding/decoding modules.
        Laurent Amon          Bug reports and suggestions.
        Graham Barr           The new MailTools.
        Achim Bohnet          Numerous good suggestions, including the I/O model.
        Kent Boortz           Initial code for RFC-1522-decoding of MIME headers.
        Andreas Koenig        Numerous good ideas, tons of beta testing,
                                and help with CPAN-friendly packaging.
        Igor Starovoitov      Bug reports and suggestions.
        Jason L Tibbitts III  Bug reports, suggestions, patches.

    Not to mention the Accidental Beta Test Team, whose bug reports (and
    comments) have been invaluable in improving the whole:

        Phil Abercrombie
        Mike Blazer
        Brandon Browning
        Kurt Freytag
        Steve Kilbane
        Jake Morrison
        Rolf Nelson
        Joel Noble
        Michael W. Normandin
        Tim Pierce
        Andrew Pimlott
        Dragomir R. Radev
        Nickolay Saukh
        Russell Sutherland
        Larry Virden
        Zyx

    Please forgive me if I've accidentally left you out. Better yet, email
    me, and I'll put you in.

SEE ALSO
    At the time of this writing ($Date: 2003/06/06 23:41:49 $), the
    MIME-tools homepage was http://www.zeegee.com/code/perl/MIME-tools.
    Check there for updates and support.

    See the SYNOPSIS entry elsewhere in this document for related
    documentation in this toolkit.

    Users of this toolkit may also wish to see the Mail::Header manpage and
    the Mail::Internet manpage.

    The MIME format is documented in RFCs 2045-2049.

    The MIME header format is an outgrowth of the mail header format
    documented in RFC 822.

    Enjoy. Yell if it breaks.

