RubyMail

This is RubyMail, a lightweight mail library containing various utility classes and modules that allow Ruby scripts to parse, modify, and generate MIME mail messages.

Requirements

Ruby 1.6.7 (or newer) or Ruby 1.8.*. Only tested under Linux, should be fine under any Unix.

Documentation

The documentation is in RDoc format in the doc subdirectory. Aside from the API reference, you will be interested in guide/Intro.txt and guide/TableOfContents.txt.

Install

Type the following while in the package directory:

ruby install.rb config
ruby install.rb setup
ruby install.rb install

You may need special permissions to execute the last line. If you want to just install RubyMail to a custom location, just copy the rmail subdirectory manually.

Status

This package works well, but I consider all API subject to change.

I very much appreciate suggestions and comments, but please think twice about using this for production use just yet.

Tests?

This package has a complete unit test suite (requires RubyUnit to run). Currently all of my e-mail is processed by this library.

Why?

It is fun.

One use for RubyMail is the RubyFilter package, available at:

http://www.lickey.com/rubyfilter/

Alternatives

You might check out TMail as well.

Support

To reach the author of RubyMail, send mail to [email protected].

License

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Matt Armstrong.  All rights
reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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