Re: [MacPerl] Is Anyone Using POP3Client.pm with MacPerl?

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

At 10:28 AM -0800 11/5/98, Elton Hughes wrote:

} Hello All,
}
} Is anyone using POP3Client.pm with MacPerl?
}
} I copied it from the MacPerl Power and Ease CD to the lib folder. However
} I keep getting the following message:
}
} # Can't locate Mail/POP3Client.pm in @INC.
} File '<AppleEvent>'; Line 3
} # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
} File '<AppleEvent>'; Line 3
}
} Which suggests that I failed to do something necessary (Quite possible,
} as this is the first module I have attempted to install.) Or does this
} module does not work with MacPerl?

There are some end-of-line issues with it, as I recall.  The author wasn't
writing portable code the last I checked.  That may have changed in more
recent versions.  I don't know whether Chris and Vicki fixed the things on
the CD or not.

But that wouldn't cause this error message.  This is caused by your not
installing POP3Client correctly.  It must be in a folder named Mail in one
of the folders in your MacPerl search path (called @INC in Perl).  MacPerl
is automatically set up to check a folder named site_perl in your MacPerl
folder for extra modules that you install, so if you really want to use
POP3Client, put POP3Client.pm in a folder named Mail in your site_perl
folder.

But you're better off using Net::POP3 for several reasons: 1) it's a better
module (IMHO), 2) you have it already, 3) it's already in the right place,
so MacPerl will find it.  Use Shuck to read the built in pod documentation.

}
} Here is my problem. The router from our main office to a remote site has
} failed. The loss of email is the biggest problem. I would like to write a
} MacPerl script that will allow people to read their email. We have
} several Macs in our main office that can have MacPerl and the script
} installed on.
}
} If someone has such a script, could you share it with me and the group?
} The remote site has been without email for a few weeks now and the router
} vendor is sending mixed signals on when the replacement/repaired unit
} will arrive. As you can imagine, the staff at the remote site is getting
} a little cranky, so anything I can do to help would be a plus.
}
} I have found the book and the CD to be useful, but I could use a little
} more help with this problem.
}
} Thank you for your time.
}
} Sincerely,
}
} Elton
}
}
}
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} Elton Hughes                               505 W. Olive Ave. Suite 550
} NOVA Private Industry Council                      Sunnyvale, CA 94086
} http://www.novapic.org/                            Phone: 408-730-7232
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