The newest version (0.07) of the Mail::Folder module has been posted to CPAN under my author id (KJOHNSON) and name (Kevin_Johnson). ... perl's response to the Law of Software Envelopment ... Mail::Folder provides a perl module interface to email folders that is independent from the physical folders. The actual work on folders is done with folder interface modules lying 'beneath' the Mail::Folder interface. The module is still in alpha release. Think twice about using it to modify folders you consider important (at the very least make backup copies :-). That being said, I'll mention I use it as the sole interface to my email at home. The method interface is currently in an evaluation phase. Before it goes to beta, I expect to make method interface changes that won't be backwards compatible. The current version was developed and tested against 5.003_97 or newer. Older versions won't work. Here are some of the more notable new features and unmalfeatures added since the last release: + Had to nuke support for flock locking temporarily - sorry. + No longer needs File::BasicFlock (a replacement is in the works). + DotLocking can optionally be made NFS-safe. + Fixed some race conditions with folder locking. + Various bug fixes, cleanups, and optimizations. ######################################################################## NOTE: The next release will probably have several incompatible :NOTE NOTE: interface changes. :NOTE ######################################################################## Refer to the provided README file for additional information, especially regarding package dependencies. I am keenly interested in feedback from folks doing interesting stuff with the package. Please report any bugs/suggestions to . Copyright (c) 1996-1998 Kevin Johnson All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.