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6 Convert::TNEF - Perl module to read TNEF files
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9 use Convert::TNEF;
10 $tnef = Convert::TNEF->read($iohandle, \%parms)
12 or die Convert::TNEF::errstr;
13 $tnef = Convert::TNEF->read_in($filename, \%parms)
15 or die Convert::TNEF::errstr;
16 $tnef = Convert::TNEF->read_ent($mime_entity, \%parms)
18 or die Convert::TNEF::errstr;
19 $tnef->purge;
21 $message = $tnef->message;
23 @attachments = $tnef->attachments;
25 $attribute_value = $attachments[$i]->data($att_attribute_name);
27 $attribute_value_size = $attachments[$i]->size($att_attribute_name);
28 $attachment_name = $attachments[$i]->name;
29 $long_attachment_name = $attachments[$i]->longname;
30 $datahandle = $attachments[$i]->datahandle($att_attribute_name);
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34 TNEF stands for Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format, and if you've
35 ever been unfortunate enough to receive one of these files as an email
36 attachment, you may want to use this module.
37 read() takes as its first argument any file handle open
39 for reading. The optional second argument is a hash reference
40 which contains one or more of the following keys:
41 output_dir - Path for storing TNEF attribute data kept in files
44 (default: current directory).
45 output_prefix - File prefix for TNEF attribute data kept in files
47 (default: 'tnef').
48 output_to_core - TNEF attribute data will be saved in core memory unless
50 it is greater than this many bytes (default: 4096). May also be set to
51 'NONE' to keep all data in files, or 'ALL' to keep all data in core.
52 buffer_size - Buffer size for reading in the TNEF file (default: 1024).
54 debug - If true, outputs all sorts of info about what the read() function
56 is reading, including the raw ascii data along with the data converted
57 to hex (default: false).
58 display_after_err - If debug is true and an error is encountered,
60 reads and displays this many bytes of data following the error
61 (default: 32).
62 debug_max_display - If debug is true then read and display at most
64 this many bytes of data for each TNEF attribute (default: 1024).
65 debug_max_line_size - If debug is true then at most this many bytes of
67 data will be displayed on each line for each TNEF attribute
68 (default: 64).
69 ignore_checksum - If true, will ignore checksum errors while parsing
71 data (default: false).
72 read() returns an object containing the TNEF 'attributes' read from the
74 file and the data for those attributes. If all you want are the
75 attachments, then this is mostly garbage, but if you're interested then
76 you can see all the garbage by turning on debugging. If the garbage
77 proves useful to you, then let me know how I can maybe make it more
78 useful.
79 If an error is encountered, an undefined value is returned and the
81 package variable $errstr is set to some helpful message.
82 read_in() is a convienient front end for read() which takes a filename
84 instead of a handle.
85 read_ent() is another convient front end for read() which can take a
87 MIME::Entity object (or any object with like methods, specifically
88 open("r"), read($buff,$num_bytes), and close ).
89 purge() deletes any on-disk data that may be in the attachments of
91 the TNEF object.
92 message() returns the message portion of the tnef object, if any.
94 The thing it returns is like an attachment, but its not an attachment.
95 For instance, it more than likely does not have a name or any
96 attachment data.
97 attachments() returns a list of the attachments that the given TNEF
99 object contains. Returns a list ref if not called in array context.
100 data() takes a TNEF attribute name, and returns a string value for that
102 attribute for that attachment. Its your own problem if the string is too
103 big for memory. If no argument is given, then the 'AttachData' attribute
104 is assumed, which is probably the attachment data you're looking for.
105 name() is the same as data(), except the attribute 'AttachTitle' is
107 the default, which returns the 8 character + 3 character extension name
108 of the attachment.
109 longname() returns the long filename and extension of an attachment. This
111 is embedded within a MAPI property of the 'Attachment' attribute data, so
112 we attempt to extract the name out of that.
113 size() takes an TNEF attribute name, and returns the size in bytes for
115 the data for that attachment attribute.
116 datahandle() is a method for attachments which takes a TNEF attribute
118 name, and returns the data for that attribute as a handle which is
119 the same as a MIME::Body handle. See MIME::Body for all the applicable
120 methods. If no argument is given, then 'AttachData' is assumed.
121
123 # Here's a rather long example where mail is retrieved
124 # from a POP3 server based on header information, then
125 # it is MIME parsed, and then the TNEF contents
126 # are extracted and converted.
127 use strict;
129 use Net::POP3;
130 use MIME::Parser;
131 use Convert::TNEF;
132 my $mail_dir = "mailout";
134 my $mail_prefix = "mail";
135 my $pop = new Net::POP3 ( "pop3server_name" );
137 my $num_msgs = $pop->login("user_name","password");
138 die "Can't login: $!" unless defined $num_msgs;
139 # Get mail by sender and subject
141 my $mail_out_idx = 0;
142 MESSAGE: for ( my $i=1; $i<= $num_msgs; $i++ ) {
143 my $header = join "", @{$pop->top($i)};
144 for ($header) {
146 next MESSAGE unless
147 /^from:.*someone\@somewhere.net/im &&
148 /^subject:\s*important stuff/im
149 }
150 my $fname = $mail_prefix."-".$$.++$mail_out_idx.".doc";
152 open (MAILOUT, ">$mail_dir/$fname")
153 or die "Can't open $mail_dir/$fname: $!";
154 # If the get() complains, you need the new libnet bundle
155 $pop->get($i, \*MAILOUT) or die "Can't read mail";
156 close MAILOUT or die "Error closing $mail_dir/$fname";
157 # If you want to delete the mail on the server
158 # $pop->delete($i);
159 }
160 close MAILOUT;
162 $pop->quit();
163 # Parse the mail message into separate mime entities
165 my $parser=new MIME::Parser;
166 $parser->output_dir("mimemail");
167 opendir(DIR, $mail_dir) or die "Can't open directory $mail_dir: $!";
169 my @files = map { $mail_dir."/".$_ } sort
170 grep { -f "$mail_dir/$_" and /$mail_prefix-$$-/o } readdir DIR;
171 closedir DIR;
172 for my $file ( @files ) {
174 my $entity=$parser->parse_in($file) or die "Couldn't parse mail";
175 print_tnef_parts($entity);
176 # If you want to delete the working files
177 # $entity->purge;
178 }
179 sub print_tnef_parts {
181 my $ent = shift;
182 if ( $ent->parts ) {
184 for my $sub_ent ( $ent->parts ) {
185 print_tnef_parts($sub_ent);
186 }
187 } elsif ( $ent->mime_type =~ /ms-tnef/i ) {
188 # Create a tnef object
190 my $tnef = Convert::TNEF->read_ent($ent,{output_dir=>"tnefmail"})
191 or die $Convert::TNEF::errstr;
192 for ($tnef->attachments) {
193 print "Title:",$_->name,"\n";
194 print "Data:\n",$_->data,"\n";
195 }
196 # If you want to delete the working files
198 # $tnef->purge;
199 }
200 }
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203 perl(1), IO::Wrap(3), MIME::Parser(3), MIME::Entity(3), MIME::Body(3)
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206 The parsing may depend on the endianness (see perlport) and width of
207 integers on the system where the TNEF file was created. If this proves
208 to be the case (check the debug output), I'll see what I can do
209 about it.
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212 Douglas Wilson, dougw@cpan.org
213perl v5.38.0 2023-07-20 TNEF(3)