# phpman > man > MailTools(3pm)

## NAME
    MailTools - bundle of ancient email modules

## SYNOPSIS
     # This is a place-holder for the distribution

## DESCRIPTION
    MailTools is a bundle: an ancient form of combining packages into one distribution. Gladly, it
    can be distributed as if it is a normal distribution as well.

    Be warned: The code you find here is very old. It works for simple emails, but when you start
    with new code then please use more sofisticated libraries. The main reason that you still find
    this code on CPAN, is because many books use it as example.

### Component
    In this distribution, you find

    [Mail::Address](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AAddress/markdown)
        Parse email address from a header line.

    [Mail::Cap](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ACap/markdown)
        Interpret mailcap files: mappings of file-types to applications as used by many command-line
        email programs.

    [Mail::Field](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AField/markdown)
        Simplifies access to (some) email header fields. Used by [Mail::Header](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AHeader/markdown).

    [Mail::Filter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AFilter/markdown)
        Process [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown) messages.

    [Mail::Header](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AHeader/markdown)
        Collection of [Mail::Field](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AField/markdown) objects, representing the header of a [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown) object.

    [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown)
        Represents a single email message, with header and body.

    [Mail::Mailer](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMailer/markdown)
        Send [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown) emails via direct smtp or local MTA's.

    [Mail::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ASend/markdown)
        Build a [Mail::Internet](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AInternet/markdown) object, and then send it out using [Mail::Mailer](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMailer/markdown).

    [Mail::Util](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AUtil/markdown)
        "Smart functions" you should not depend on.

## SEE ALSO
    This module is part of the MailTools distribution, <http://perl.overmeer.net/mailtools/>.

## AUTHORS
    The MailTools bundle was developed by Graham Barr. Later, Mark Overmeer took over maintenance
    without commitment to further development.

    [Mail::Cap](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ACap/markdown) by Gisle Aas <<aas@oslonett.no>>. [Mail::Field::AddrList](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AField%3A%3AAddrList/markdown) by Peter Orbaek <<poe@cit.dk>>.
    [Mail::Mailer](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3AMailer/markdown) and [Mail::Send](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Mail%3A%3ASend/markdown) by Tim Bunce <<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>>. For other contributors see
    ChangeLog.

## LICENSE
    Copyrights 1995-2000 Graham Barr <<gbarr@pobox.com>> and 2001-2017 Mark Overmeer
    <<perl@overmeer.net>>.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself. See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>