purebred-email

types and parser for email messages (including MIME)

The purebred email library. RFC 5322, MIME, etc. See Data.MIME for usage, examples and API documentation.

This is a general-purpose library for processing and constructing email messages, originally written to meet the needs of purebred MUA. Transmission and delivery of mail are not part of this library, but purebred-email could be a useful building block for such systems.

Features and implemented specifications include:

• RFC 5322 message parsing and serialisation

• MIME multipart messages (RFC 2046)

• Convenient APIs for replying and forward/bounce

• Content transfer and charset decoding/encoding

• MIME message header extensions for non-ASCII text (RFC 2047)

• MIME parameter value and encoded word extensions (RFC 2231)

• Content-Disposition header field (RFC 2183)

• Address syntax in From and Sender fields (RFC 6854)