[Nottingham] Perl Strip HTML module?

[Michael Erskine]

On Wednesday 08 November 2006 13:16, Richard Bagshaw wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm writing some code that basically checks a pop mailbox and puts the
> information into a mysql database, however if the person sends an email
> in HTML format it looks messy, I am looking for a perl module that will
> convert it to plain text or just strip the HTML.  Does anyone have any
> ideas on a module to-do this?

Mail::Box looks promising

use Mail::Message::Convert::HtmlFormatText;
 my $af = Mail::Message::Convert::HtmlFormatText->new;

 my $plain_body = $af->format($body);

see 
http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/html/Mail::Message::Convert::HtmlFormatText/index.html

Regards,
Michael Erskine.

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