PERL CGI Beginners - Stripping HTML code from emails

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Stripping HTML code from emails

Richard Bagshaw

2006-11-08, 7:55 am

Hi Guys,

I'm writing some code that basically checks a pop mailbox and puts the
information into a mysql database, however if the person sends an email
in HTML format it looks messy, I am looking for a perl module that will
convert it to plain text or just strip the HTML. Does anyone have any
ideas on a module to-do this?

Thanks,

Richard

Zentara

2006-11-09, 6:55 pm

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:09:21 -0000, richard@bagshaw.co.uk ("Richard
Bagshaw") wrote:

>I'm writing some code that basically checks a pop mailbox and puts the
>information into a mysql database, however if the person sends an email
>in HTML format it looks messy, I am looking for a perl module that will
>convert it to plain text or just strip the HTML. Does anyone have any
>ideas on a module to-do this?

Try these for ideas.

http://perlmonks.org?node_id=337460

http://perlmonks.org?node_id=578396

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Randal L. Schwartz

2006-11-09, 6:55 pm

>>>>> ""Richard" == "Richard Bagshaw" <richard@bagshaw.co.uk> writes:

"Richard> I'm writing some code that basically checks a pop mailbox and puts the
"Richard> information into a mysql database, however if the person sends an email
"Richard> in HTML format it looks messy, I am looking for a perl module that will
"Richard> convert it to plain text or just strip the HTML. Does anyone have any
"Richard> ideas on a module to-do this?

See my article "A MIME is a terrible thing to waste",
<http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col37.html>.

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