NAME

Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Pine - convert to and from Pine formatted addressbooks

SYNOPSIS

use strict;

use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Pine;

my $pine = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Pine();

my $PineInFile ="pineSample.txt"; # name of the file containing the Ldif data

# Convert Pine to Standard Intermediate format

# see documentation for details on format.

my $raIntermediate = $pine->scan(\$PineInFile);

# This will also work

#my @PineInArray = @arrayContainingThePineData;

#my $raIntermediate = $pine->scan(\@PineInArray);

# Convert back to Pine

my $raPineOut = $pine->output($raIntermediate);

print join "", @$raIntermediate;

print "\n\n\n\n";

print join "", @$raPineOut;

REQUIRES

Perl, version 5.001 or higher

Carp

DESCRIPTION

This module is meant to be used as part of the Mail::Addressbook::Convert distribution.

It can convert a Pine addressbook to a Standard Intermediate format(STF) and a STF to Pine As part of the larger distribution, it will allow conversion between Pine and many other formats.

To use to convert between Pine and Eudora as an example, you would do the following

use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Pine;

use Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Eudora;

my $Pine = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Pine();

my $Eudora = new Mail::Addressbook::Convert::Eudora();

my $PineInFile ="pineSample.txt"; # name of the file containing the Pine data

my $raIntermediate = $Pine->scan(\$PineInFile);

my $raEudora = $Eudora->output($raIntermediate); # reference to an array containing a Eudora addressbook

DEFINITIONS

Standard Intermediate Format(STF) :

                        The addressbook format that is used as an intermediate
                        between conversions.  It is rfc822 compliant and can
                        be used directly as a Eudora addressbook.  Do not use
                        a Eudora addressbook as an STF. Some versions of 
                        Eudora use a format, that while RFC822 compliant, will
                        not work as an STF. Run the Eudora addressbook
                        through $Eudora->scan()
                        

Pine addressbook: A Pine addressbook. This module works on pine . You can find information on pine by searching for pine on google.com or going to http://www.washington.edu/pine/.

METHODS

new

no arguments needed.

scan

Input : a reference to an array containing a pine file or a reference to a scalar containing the file name with the pine data. Returns: a reference to a STF ( see above).

output

Input: a reference to a STF ( see above). Returns : a reference to an array containing a pine file.

LIMITATIONS

This only converts email address, aliases, and mailing lists. Phone numbers, postal addresses and other such data are not converted.

REFERENCES

You can find information on Pine at http://www.washington.edu/pine/

HISTORY

This code is derived from the code used on www.interguru.com/mailconv.htm . The site has been up since 1996 The site gets about 8000 unique visitors a month, many of whom make addressbook conversions. The code has been well tested.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

SEE ALSO

http://www.washington.edu/pine/

BUGS

CHANGES

Original Version 2001-Sept-09

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Joe Davidson. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html). or the GPL copyleft license ( http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)

AUTHOR

Mail::Addressbook::Convert was written by Joe Davidson <jdavidson@interguru.com> in 2001.

cpanm MAIL::CONVERT

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install MAIL::CONVERT