Email::FolderType::Net - Recognize folder types for network based message protocols.

  use Email::FolderType qw[folder_type];

  my $type = folder_type($folder) || 'unknown';
  print "$folder is type $type.\n";

Registers several mail folder types that are known as network based messaging protocols. Folder names for these protocols should be specified using a URI syntax.

  print 'IMAP' if folder_type('imap://foo.com/folder') eq 'IMAP';

Returns this folder type if the scheme is imap.

  print 'IMAPS' if folder_type('imaps://example.com') eq 'IMAPS';

Returns this folder type if the scheme is imaps.

  print 'POP3' if folder_type('pop3://example.com:110') eq 'POP3';

Returns this folder type if the schem is pop or pop3.

  print 'POP3S' if folder_type('pops://foo.com') eq 'POP3S';

returns this folder type if the scheme is pops or pop3s.

Email::FolderType, Email::FolderType::Local, URI.

This module is maintained by the Perl Email Project

http://emailproject.perl.org/wiki/Email::FolderType::Net

Casey West <casey@geeknest.com>.

  Copyright (c) 2004 Casey West.  All rights reserved.
  This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the same terms as Perl itself.