# phpman > info > Mail::Server

Mail::[Server(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/Server/3pm/markdown)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    Mail::[Server(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/Server/3pm/markdown)

NAME
       [Mail::Server](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer/markdown) - Base class for email servers in MailBox

INHERITANCE
        [Mail::Server](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer/markdown)
          is a [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown)

        [Mail::Server](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer/markdown) is extended by
          [Mail::Server::IMAP4](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer%3A%3AIMAP4/markdown)

SYNOPSIS
        my $server = [Mail::Server::IMAP4](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer%3A%3AIMAP4/markdown)->new($msg);
        my $server = [Mail::Server::POP3](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer%3A%3APOP3/markdown)->new($msg);

DESCRIPTION
       This module is a place-holder, logical in the class hierarchy.  On the
       moment, no full server has been implemented, but some parts of IMAP4
       exist.

       Servers:

       o   [Mail::Server::IMAP4](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AServer%3A%3AIMAP4/markdown)

           Partial IMAP4 implementation.

       Extends "DESCRIPTION" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown).

METHODS
       Extends "METHODS" in [Mail::Reporter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AReporter/markdown).

DETAILS
DIAGNOSTICS
       Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
           Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does
           not implement this method where it should. This message means that
           some other related classes do implement this method however the
           class at hand does not.  Probably you should investigate this and
           probably inform the author of the package.

SEE ALSO
       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 3.009, built on
       August 18, 2020. Website: <http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/>

LICENSE
       Copyrights 2001-2020 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see
       ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.  See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/>

perl v5.30.3                      2020-08-20                 Mail::[Server(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/Server/3pm/markdown)