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getattach.pl - Utility to retrieve attachments from a mailbox

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getattach.pl [-h|--help] [-m|--mbox=mailboxfile] [-b|--basedir=path] [-d|--display] [--install] [-v|--verbose] [--version]

getattach.pl is a Perl script which can be used to retrieve all email attachments and save them in a destination directory. This is useful, for instance, if you recieve several image files as attachments in your email directories.

getattach.pl redirects warnings and error messages to the file. errlog.txt which is created in the current directory.

-h or --help
	Display helpful syntax information.
-m or --mbox
	Select mailbox to scan for email attachments.
-b or --basedir
	Path to save attachments to.
-d or --display
	Display text messages to standard output.
-v or --verbose
	Display message header information to standard output.
--version
	Display current version of getattach.pl
--install
	[Not implemented yet] Install required CPAN modules. Must be run as root.

getattach.pl -m ~/mailbox -b ~/images
	Get all email attachments from mailbox file mailbox in the users home directory and save them to the images directory in the users home directory.
getattach.pl -m ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox -b ~/attachments
	Get all email from the evolution mail folder 'Inbox' and save them in the attachments directory in the users home directory.

Mail::Box(3), Date::Manip(3)

Some strange behavior seen in dependent modules. Will debug these shortly.

Finish implementing GUI frontend for getattach.pl. Add more error handling code. Integration with evolution and/or other mail clients. Automatic module installation.

Michael A. Uman <muman@softwaremagic.net>

$Date: 2003/10/09 07:44:32 $
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