1Email::MessageID(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Email::MessageID(3)
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6 Email::MessageID - Generate world unique message-ids.
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9 version 1.406
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12 use Email::MessageID;
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14 my $mid = Email::MessageID->new->in_brackets;
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16 print "Message-ID: $mid\x0D\x0A";
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19 Message-ids are optional, but highly recommended, headers that identify
20 a message uniquely. This software generates a unique message-id.
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24 my $mid = Email::MessageID->new;
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26 my $new_mid = Email::MessageID->new( host => $myhost );
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28 This class method constructs an Email::Address object containing a
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36 Using these values we have the ability to ensure world uniqueness down
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43 This method returns the domain part of the message-id.
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48 This method returns a unique local part for the message-id. It
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69 · Casey West <casey@geeknest.com>
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71 · Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
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74 Aaron Crane <arc@cpan.org>
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77 This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Casey West.
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79 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
80 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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84perl v5.32.0 2020-07-28 Email::MessageID(3)